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Encounter with a Burglar! (Version 2) | Essay for 10 year olds | by Lee Yee Xuan | Singapore

Let me introduce another classmate of mine from Ngee Ann Primary School, Lee Yee Xuan, who has contributed her work "Encounter with a Burglar!"



      “Hurry, Mom! I want to eat ice cream!” Mary whined to her mother, Mrs Peh.

      “Okay, just give me five minutes to find my wallet,” Mrs Peh said as she rummaged through a messy chest of drawers.


      “Ah, there it is! Let’s go!” Mrs Peh said. They went to the gate and opened it.


      “Bye, Browny! See you later! We are going to get some delicious ice cream!” Mary said as she waved goodbye to her pet dog. After that, Mary and her mother walked to the ice cream shop, which was just a stone’s throw away.


      Little did they know that a scrawny burglar was watching them. When they had disappeared in the distance, he went into the house by climbing through the open window. “Where should I start? This terrace house is huge! I think I should start with the master bedroom.”


      Suddenly, he heard a dog barking. “What is this pesky dog doing here? Shoo! Shoo!” The burglar tried to shoo Browny away but Browny just continued to bark at him.


      “Fine, I will do it the hard way,” the burglar said as he went outside. He took a stick from the garden and went back into the house. He hit Browny with the stick but Browny was an aggressive dog and it tugged at his trousers and did not let go. The burglar tried to shake the fierce dog off of him but Browny had a fierce grip.


      “You leave me with no choice!” the burglar yelled at Browny as he took out a packet of sleeping pills and tossed some of the pills into Browny’s mouth. Browny staggered like a deck of cards and collapsed to the ground.


      “This dog will be asleep for a very long time!” the burglar said, laughing wickedly as he went back into the house. Then, he went into the master bedroom. His eyes widened when he saw an opened drawer filled with jewellery and under the jewellery, there were lots of fifty-dollar notes. He took the whole stash and stuffed it into the garbage bag that he had brought along with him.


      Next, he stuffed the jewellery in. Soon, he went around the whole house and stuffed other valuables into the bag. Just then, the Peh’s maid, Yaya, returned home from the market and saw the burglar in the living room, rummaging through the discs that were placed neatly on the coffee table.


      “Who are you and what are you doing here?!” Yaya yelled at the burglar.


      “How dare you yell at me!” the burglar exclaimed. He took out a knife and pointed it at Yaya’s neck.


      “If you don’t help me find more valuables, I will kill you!” he threatened Yaya. Afraid of getting killed, Yaya agreed reluctantly. As the two rummaged through drawers and cupboards, they found more money and jewellery.


      Just as the burglar was about to leave, a group of blue-uniformed men blocked the back and front doors of the house. The burglar was apprehended and was jailed. It was the Peh’s neighbour, Mrs Ara, who had called the police as she had seen the whole incident through her living room window.


      Just then, Mary and her mother came home and were upset as their house was very messy. “Mom, why is the house so messy? Maybe it was Browny who did it. I told Browny a million times not to come into the house!” Mary told her mother. Mrs Ara and Yaya told them about the burglary and they were shocked! They went into the living room and saw Browny asleep. They tried to wake him up but it was unsuccessful. They brought Browny to the vet for treatment.


If you like reading this essay, you may like to read my version of "Encounter with a Burglar!" over here

More essays from my friends and classmates to come ... ;-)

c ya~
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About the guest writer (Lee Yee Xuan)
Hello! I am a very caring girl who loves to help others. Besides my love for reading (my favourite book is Ellie Belly by Eliza Teoh), I am also an ardent fan of K-Pop and have a passion for fishing. As for my favourite movie, I like the local production "Ah Boys to Men 2".

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