Every now and then, unexpected accidents occur. There are many types of accidents, ranging from getting a paper cut to getting killed in a car accident. These accidents also can be classified in minor or fatal accidents. Careless people are prone to minor accidents like tripping on one's own shoelace, but that does not mean that careful people are not prone to accidents. Accidents can happen anywhere and anytime, at any part of the world. This accident took place today, on my unlucky classmate, Carl. Carl is a very careful and diligent boy who loves playing soccer.
Mundane school life was as usual, having lessons in the morning and homework assigned by our teachers. After English period, it was recess. When the recess bell rang, we thanked our teacher before going off for our recess. Some students who do not go down to eat would stay in the class to chat with each other or play games. Carl , who sat in front of me, quickly changed into his P.E. attire and so did some other of my classmates. While I was eating my bread from my lunchbox, Carl quickly drank his packet of Milo brought from home in a few gulps and ran off with my other classmates to the soccer field to play soccer. I ate my bread slowly, enjoying the delicious Nutella spread while my best friends, John and Kenny, talked to each other about the assignment given by our English teacher.
After I finished my bread, I asked John and Kenny if they would like to watch our classmates playing soccer. They agreed and all three of us went down to the soccer field to watch our classmates playing soccer. Upon reaching the field, I immediately saw my classmates and as usual, the goalkeepers were Carl and Ken as they were the best goalkeepers in our class. The soccer match was very exciting as the ball could not get past both sides' defense. The ball was passed from player to player, and was finally kicked out of the playing area by Carl's teammate. We watched intently as Ben from Ken's team kicked the ball so hard that it almost went into the goal if not for Carl's magnificent block. The ball rebounded from Carl's hand and the nearest opposing team member, Wei Ming, kicked the ball with all his might towards the goalpost which was protected by Carl.
Unfortunately, Carl was too far away from the position where the ball was. Carl made a desperate lunge towards the ball but only his fingers were able to touch the ball.
It was a goal.
The other team cheered loudly for Wei Ming while the spectators from our class clapped for him. Only a few of us, including me and our class Monitor, noticed that Carl was sitting on the floor and looked like he was in pain. I pointed towards Carl, showing John and Kenny that apparently he was injured. Our class monitor, Ahmad, John, Kenny, a few of our classmates and I made our way to Carl and asked if he was alright. Big drops of tears emerged from Carl's eyes and Beads of sweat formed on his forehead. By now, almost the whole class realised that Carl was injures. However, he was obviously in pain and could only mutter a few words,"Finger... Pain...". Ahmad immediately helped Carl up and around five of us brought him to the sick bay at the School General Office.
When I took a closer look at Carl's finger, I realised that it was broken! It was bent to the wrong way and was purplish-black due to the injury. I was shocked to see his finger so distorted and realised that the pain must have been unbearable. Ahmad explained to our form teacher what had happened and our form teacher immediately called Carl's parents.
After what seemed like eternity, Carl's parents arrived and quickly fetched him to the hospital. After Carl was gone, our form teacher praised us for being so kind and bringing Carl to the General Office. Sadly, the school bell rang not long after that and we had to go back to class to have more lessons. However, our form teacher came to our class as it was her lesson at that time and she praised the class for having such a strong class spirit. Unfortunately, our form teacher banned us from playing soccer for a week as she did not want to see more accidents occurring.
It was a tiring day in school and I will never forget what happened today. I hope that Carl will be able to recover soon so that he can use his finger again. I also hope that this will not become a permanent injury as it would be very inconvenient if he loses the ability to use a finger. I hope that Carl will be able to join us in studying again so that he will not waste precious time on recovering and so that he is able to learn more with the class.
To all of my blog readers, please be careful when playing sports as accidents might happen.
I will be back to write more on my blog. For now, goodbye!
Based on a real incident in school that took place a few days ago.(Names are all changed.)
Darren The Awesome