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"This time you don't have to return" - Eva Chan

Updated: Jan 8, 2021



When I was a child, I was afraid of ghosts, thinking they were a ferocious terror; Growing up afraid of people despite their dapper clothes. The most remorseful thing I ever did was to tell a departed friend of mine that I was frightened of ghosts, so she never visits me in my dreams. She passed away in such a hurry that she didn't even say goodbye.


When I was five, I didn't have a tracksuit, so she took hers off and gave it to me. And she said, you have to give it back,


When I was eight, I didn't bring my calculator for an exam. She lent me hers. And she said, you have to give it back,


When I was ten, it rained, and I didn't have my umbrella. She gave it to me. And she said, you have to give it back,


When I was eleven, I invited a classmate to dinner without enough money. She gave me her purse. And she said, you have to pay it back,


When I was twelve years old and the aircraft was shaking and I was in the dark cabin, I was already out of my mind. All I remember is an orange parcel falling off the top of everyone's head, but emptiness on the top of mine. In a trance, a pair of arms patted me in the face and wrapped an orange bundle around me. I don't learn what happened next. I just remembered hearing a cry before I passed out----This time, you don't have to return.


I suffered from a critical anxiety of heights, but I got on the plane, again and again, trying to remember the scene and wondering if I can see her again. With the maturity of my mind, I have seen so many people among the intrigues, they are like a Wolf in sheep's apparel. At that time, I frequently recall the innocence of childhood and her last words, this time, you don't have to return.



Author 作者


Eva Chan

Grade: Year 9

School: Dulwich College Beijing

Written on: August 2


Eva Chan

年级:9年级

学校:北京德威国际学校



About 关于


I am an international school student, studying at Dulwich college of Beijing. I have loved writing since childhood, and I am good at recording common things in life. I hope that my articles can pass on the positive energy to others, I wish to share my feelings with them, and express my experiences with my words.


我在北京德威英国国际学校学习。自小时候起,我就很热爱写作,并且擅长于记录生活中的点点滴滴。我希望我的文章可以给大家传递正能量,和大家分享我的感受,并且用文字来表达我的精神寄托。


Experience 经历


This is the real thing that happened to me. It's not a good experience. I appreciate that I can place my loss for a dead friend. It's not convenient to disclose the details. Some plots have illusory elements, and the overall outline is actual fact.


这是一件真正发生在我身上的事。它对我来说并不是一个美好的经历。我很感激可以在这里表达对于已故朋友的想念,但对于一些细节我不便透露给大家,希望大家理解。有些剧情包含一些想象的成分,但整篇文章都是基于事实而作的。



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