The other day, I was cleaning my old drawer. It had some really old files and amongst one of them, I hit upon something which I had not imagined id ever find in my wildest dreams. Ok, before anyone starts to race their minds, I’ll get the cat out of the bag.

The file was dated 1996. So it was from my school time. I was in the 7^th grade at that time to be precise. Inside the file were my schools exam papers. Question papers as well as answer papers. (Yea I used to be very organized back then:D). And I was really proud looking at those marks I used to get back in school. (If only I could do half as well now!!). And then I came across this English Language paper. The total was 42/70. Yeah, I wasn’t that good at English back then. I just flipped through it and came across this essay I had written. And I just went mad laughing, I mean, my essay writing seriously sucked!!! That essay had more lines in red, than the rest of the paper. There were so many grammatical mistakes, such weird ideas. I wont laugh alone. So here it is, taureandude23 aka TD23 circa 1997!!

NOTE : The words in red are grammatical errors. The words in green are my thoughts about the stuff written.

CAUGHT IN A BURNING BUILDING!!

Once I was going to the cinema I saw a huge blaze of fire. I understood that something was going to happen in the building . [how intuitive] When I came back after looking the cinema there was a big crowd. I saw that the whole building was burning . [children are intuitive]

I heard from someone that my classmate was living there . [how come I didn’t know that before?]Now I could not see my friend burning. I was going to go inside the building. But all the people stopped me. I told them to leave me but they were not listening. Then I told that my friend was inside the building. And also told them that I was going to help him in getting out of that building . [and also told them that I was going to bag the Bravery Award].Then the people left me.

I went into the building.

I saw that many of them had been dead and were fallen there only. I went on the 4^th floor because on that floor my friend lived. [Great!! Couple of minutes earlier, I did not even know that my friend was living here and now I know what floor he resided on! How come??] He was fallen on the ground. I thought that he was dead. But when I put my hand near his nostril he was breathing [watching films helps] . At that time my shirt caught fire I did not know. When the fire touched my hand I realized that my shirt was burning I removed my shirt and took out my friend .[so brave of me] I saw a telephone. But the way to go till the telephone was very dangerous. However I managed to reach till the telephone. I phoned fire brigade .[none of the people from the crowd must have had the common sense to call 101 I guess]

They came and started throwing water through the pipe. Everything was okay now . [heheh wot great English man!!] The fire had gone.

I went on the terrace. The people bought a net and holded it down.[this one too taken from some movie] My friend was again in his senses. He jumped first then I jumped. And when I jumped the building collapsed . [kya timing hai Boss!!] However not all of then were saved.because some had been dead and some had been out of that building. My friend thanked me for saving his life. And finished the adventures of a burning building . [indeed an adventure for the person evaluating this]

So that my friends is the actual essay I had written back in the 7^th grade. The words in red are grammatical errors. The words in green are my thoughts about the stuff written. Im sure you wont find a single comma anywhere:D No wonder I scored 15/30 in that essay. Hell had I been checking this essay now, I wud have given myself 10/30. What is your rating?? Let me know.

Take Care,

Ciao