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English SPM Part 3 – Story
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Gosh! It was Friday the 13th!

Angel’s Point of View
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If only I had remembered that it was Friday the
Introduction
• Practical - Nature 13th. I was not superstitious, believing that Friday the
vs Superstitious 13th was rubbish. But I would never forget Friday the
Beliefs
13th of November 2020.
I woke up to my cell phone’s ringing. It was from
Body my brother in Singapore. I had couriered him his stamp
Mishap 1 albums. “There’s no need to thank me …..” Instead I
• Phone call
from brother in received an ear-splitting blast. “Are you trying to sabotage
Singapore - Sent me? I asked for the albums ‘I’ for International, instead
him wrong stamp
albums you sent ‘In” for India. I can’t complete my project due
• Brother angry - Had tomorrow. Do it now and this time, get it right!” The
to courier correct
albums mobile went dead. I ran to his room, retrieved the correct
albums, triple-checking and ran to the courier office.
Meantime, while anxiously waiting for the SMS
from Singapore, I decided to help Mum with the laundry.
Mishap 2 I gathered all the soiled clothes and dumped them into
• Did Laundry
• Clothes not the washing machine. Belatedly, I realized I did not
separated separate the whites from the coloured. I saw the clothes
• All were coloured
Had to salvage in various hues of the rainbow in the machine. I unloaded
the wash, separated the clothes and salvaged them with
special detergent.
Didn’t disasters come in threes? Exhausted by the
• Stepped on skates manual sorting of the clothes, I stood up and stepped on
• Lost balance my skates. I lost my balance, went sliding forward and
• Twisted ankle
landed flat on my face, twisting my ankle.
I saw the date. Mum had circled it red! Friday the
Conclusion
• Date circled in red 13th. Was that the reason for all the mishaps? I had to
• Caution be extra careful. The day had not ended yet!

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