I am Professor Huang and I have just invented a time machine that allows people

to travel into the past or the future for five hours.

I thought that it would be fun to see what my father was like when he was 10 yea
rs old.
I packed a small bag and got into my time machine. I keyed in the words, "1964,
11 Niven Road, Singapore" then pressed the button. There was a "whoosh" and a "b
ang" ... the time machine was shaking and spinning and in a moment, I was in fro
nt of the pre-war house, 11 Niven Road.
I saw four children looking for a lost dog. I recognised them ... they were my f
ather, my uncle Kelvin, my auntie Peek and auntie Janet. I introduced myself as
an old friend and agreed to help them look for their lost dog, Blackie.
The children wanted to climb a hill and looked into the houses below. By the tim
e we reached the top, we were tired and decided to sit down and rest. Suddenly I
heard a dog barking. "Blackie!" my father shouted. We traced the source of the
barking to one of the houses. We looked down and saw a dog chained to a pole. It
was Blackie and he looked frightened.
The children boldly knocked on the door of the house and demanded that the man (
who came to the door) return Blackie to them. The man asked the children to prov
e the black dog was Blackie. My father called out Blackie's name and the dog res
ponded with an enthusiastic woa woa. The man reluctantly gave Blackie back to th
e children.
We went back to 11 Niven Road and I bid them goodbye. My five hours were almost
up. I ran to a dark alley and in a flash I was gone. I found myself back in my t
ime. What an adventure!