It was 6 scorching het day. just had netball practice and felt very exhausted. 1 headed fo the bus stop to walt for Bus 101 which would toke me home. | wos beginning to ditt off to seep when I saw the bus omtiving. The sun was shining ablaze ‘and that was probably the reason why | tock the wrong bus, Bus 111. I was totally unaware of | wos glad to get o sect. Within minutes. Iwas slumped against the window. fast ‘asleep. When | opened my eyes more than cn hour later, | found myself in tne mide of nowhere. It was akeady dusk and | was the only passenger let on the bus. could not recognize the part of fown we were passing through. | pressed the bell ond the bus Potted fo a halt. planned fo hop actoss the road and catch a bus going the opposite Gitection. Bu found myself on a deserted street with a row of shops that were oleady shuttered. Ikicked myself for not asking the ctiver for deections ‘ss | was wondering what fo do, @ motorcycle lurched into view and stopped {ight in front of me. | avec myself fo ask him how fo get back lo Taran Kenangon. He ‘ginned, showing his uneven set of teeth. Then he patied the back seat and said that he would send me home. Without hesitation, | scrambled on the pillon. He turned the motercycle oround and headed in the diection | wanted. We travelled for about fifleen minutes and the road seemed peculiar to me. The rider made a few tumns and | knew | was brought fo different unknown destination “Hey uncle, where are we going? He was slent and increased his speed. Out of the blue, alarm bells started to ting Jn my head. | tapped his back and fold him to stop. He lecned forward and went ot high speed instead before slowing down to tum into @ dark ond nantow road that lod info an ol paim plantation | had had enough. | leaped off and roled myself onto the ground. Angylly, the mon turned around and rode towards me. I swung my school bag at him and he lost his balance before faling olf his motorcycle. Without looking back, | an for my te. | dared not to stop untl I found myself on a tarred road. | wos relieved to see a tex! cnd waved, my hand, hoping that it would stop. Luckay It Gia | got in and gave the driver my house ‘address. Unable to control my emotion, | cried unashomedly. The diver wos astonished ‘and asked me the reason I cried. told him the story rom A 10 7. After twenty minutes, lanived at my home. When my parents came towards me, | hugged them tightly. After they leamt what had happened, they were horied. My Parents told me that | should have just looked for a public phone and called home ‘when | was los. | knew that | had been foolkh It was « frightening experience which | hope would never happen tome again. I's better to be safe that sory.