A TRIP TO CHINA(KARTHIK A R) Holy Buckets! A very cold winter came by kicking out the summer. I was…Oops I am Mr. James, James buckets I am an astronomer from U .S .A. But my hobby is to write fiction in which I am there. A dream about my trip to china which made me write this story. You know it never happened! Why? Why? Why? It didn’t happen? Ahem sorry introducing me I just forgot about the story. In the winter I was very cold means freezing cold just like you are trapped in a refrigerator! I drank a very hot cup of tea which made my tongue a thing in my body which I cannot feel. Then my door flung open, it was my friend the only one who I know very well Mr. Charles Edison ,then he came near me and patted on my shoulder and said “long time huh Buckets?” “Yes” I said, again he patted me and said “do you still write adventurous stories?” he had patted me so hard that I cannot speak but somehow I managed to say yes to him. He said do you want to write a story which happened in your own life I was so excited and I said yes then I understood it was the biggest mistake in my life. Charles said that he was taking me to china!!! I said “I don’t like to travel” “come on Jamie you would like it and if you are saying no you must pay me $500”said Charles “for what???” I asked “because I have booked a plane ticket to china worth $500” hearing this I fainted. Then what happened that I don’t know. When I woke up Charles was sitting in my chair thinking just like a statue. By seeing that I woke up he asked eagerly “are you coming?” I had no choice I cannot give him $ 500 for nothing I finally said “yes” Charles was so happy as he had seen Santa clause but I was so unhappy as I saw hell!that day Charles slept with me soundly so I didn’t sleep that night doesn’t Charles have a home to sleep? I hardly managed to sleep. Next day when I woke up Charles packed my all things in a bag and said to me “Hurry up Jamie only 20 minutes for the flight departure” holy buckets!! 20 minutes w why Charles didn’t woke me up early I did my morning chores as fast as I could then we set off to the airport. Whoa we were saved we reached the airport before our plane’s departure. We entered the plane Charles was sitting next to me. Few minutes after the flight took off, I slept because I didn’t sleep well yesterday. When we landed on china I saw many people some were speaking English and the majority was talking in Chinese I couldn’t understand a word what they were talking. Suddenly a man came near me and talked to me in Chinese I didn’t understand anything I asked “what?” he answered “are you American he asked to us?” “Yes” Charles and me answered together “my name is Ching lee I am your guide” the man said. Then he took us to our lodge where we are going to stay. I thought it would be a big, wonderful room. When our guide opened the door I was shocked it was big but the ugliest room I have ever seen. When we entered the room we started sneezing. Then with a broom we cleaned the room. Then the room was very beautiful. Next day we went to Zhangjiajie national park in china I was so excited because I love nature very much we spent lot of time in the park then we went to a cinema theater the movie was ‘Enter the dragon’ by Bruce lee my friend Charles enjoyed he movie I think but I was sleeping inside the theater after reaching our lodge we all slept very peacefully. You know I like to sleep. Next day we said goodbye to Ching lee and set off to the airport this trip was so exiting. When we landed on U.S.A I fell down from the stairs…then what happened I don’t know because I woke up from the dream. I was so unhappy because it was a dream. Now I am planning to go to china for real.

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