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A Brave Neighbour | Essay for 9 year olds | by Elijah Wee | Singapore

Hi there, I am back with another essay. This time it's from my collection of Primary Three essays (for 9 year olds). It's about "A brave neighbour" . A strange, somewhat foul smell permeated the morning air .   Everyone held their noses as Uncle Joe walked past.   Uncle Joe was the neighborhood’s karung guni  (otherwise also known as the rag and bone man) who collected knick knacks to be sold for a living.   He stored the knick knacks in rubbish bags and placed them into is push cart.   Uncle Joe had long, unkempt hair and his clothes were filled with holes. Unexpectedly, an ear-piercing cry filled the morning air .   A wild-eyed elderly lady, her face as pale as a ghost, was seen waving her arms frantically and screaming out for help from the tenth floor apartment of the nearby flat.   The onlookers were paralysed with fear, tensed when they saw the flames increasingly engulfing Madam Wong’s three room flat. As brave as a lion, Uncle Joe to...