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A painful lesson for not studying (Primary 3 essay for 9 year olds, Elijah Wee, Singapore)

I wrote an essay in Primary Three (when I was 9 years of age)  "A painful lesson for not studying" . It was a still night. John was studying for his Science test which was scheduled for the next day. He was confident that he would pass it with flying colours . He was revising on the topic of “Animals”, fifteen minutes later and he must have fallen into a deep slumber .   He must have been extremely exhausted as he only awoke the next morning.   Unfortunately, the next day when he still could not wake up, it was only ten minutes of incessant ringing that John awoke.   He shot a quick glance at the alarm clock and realised that he was extremely late for school.   Being late, he did not even have his breakfast.   He rushed to school. Arriving at school, he was shocked to see that his teacher was already giving out the Science test paper.   Within minutes of settling into his seat, the Science test began.   While doing his paper, Jo...