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032 creative sparks                   a collection of creative writing by EPTS  033




                                        my  head  and  cleaned  the  wound.
 DANGEROUS                              Luckily, my parents are both doctors, so
                                        they knew how to handle the situation
 HAIR BAND                              properly. After a while, my sister started
                                        crying too. She was embarrassed that
                                        she had an ice cream smashed on her
                                        head. My parents consoled both my
  : WEERAYA PRUKTANAKUL      : WEERAYA PRUKTANAKUL  sister and me, but we continued crying
                                        for half an hour.
 Al Franken once said, “Mistakes are   a seafood restaurant, we went to the   After the accident, my parents took
 a part of being human. Appreciate your   zoo. There were many types of animals,   me to the hospital to dress the wound.
 mistakes for what they are: precious   such as penguins, tigers, snakes, deer,   My scalp was painted yellowish-brown
 life lessons that can only be learned the   elephants, birds, and many more. The   from the iodine solution my mom had
 hard way. Unless it’s a fatal mistake,   first thing we did was watch a penguin   applied. I looked like an alien. After we
 which,  at  least,  others  can  learn        show. I was very impressed at how the   left the hospital, we went back to the
 from.” I have made a lot of mistakes        penguin could follow instructions and   hotel in Pattaya. My parents told me not
 throughout  my  life,  some  of  my            do amazing tricks. Then, we visited the   mom’s hand and ran to the meerkat’s   to run carelessly again.
 mistakes are funny, but some are not.   other zones in the zoo. I had the chance   cage. As I was running, I tripped over   It has been a long time since the
 However, I had once made a mistake   to feed some of the animals. I was     my own feet and lost my balance. I   accident occurred, but I haven’t forgotten
 and learned my lessons in a hard way.   holding my mom’s hand as we were   accidently threw the ice cream that           the moment I fell down and hit the floor.
 When I was three years old, my family   walking. My mom was afraid that I   I  had  been  holding  up  into  the  air.            Since the day of the accident, I have
 went on a holiday vacation at Pattaya,   would fell down if I walked by myself.   Unfortunately, the ice cream landed on   never worn a hair band with teeth. It is very
 Chonburi Province, Thailand. Since my   My day began nicely with gentle   my sister’s head. At the same time, I   dangerous. I learned not to run around
 older sister and I were very young, my   breezes, warm sunshine, and fresh   banged my head on the floor. The teeth   uncaringly. I learned a new fact that an
 parents decided to take us to Khao   scent of grasses and flowers.  of the hair band I was wearing pierced   everyday object can be very dangerous. I
 Kheow  Open  Zoo  to  give  us  new              Everything was fine until we   through the skin of my head. My wound   will never ever forget this lesson because
 experiences. As a kid, I usually ran   reached  the African  Savanna  zone.   bled. I cried very loudly because it was   I learned it the hard way.
 around and had fun. I was not aware of   While we were walking inside, I spotted   very painful. I felt like my brain was
 how dangerous a mistake can be.  a very cute meerkat behind the fence.   going to explode. My parents were very
 After eating a delicious breakfast at   I was very excited, so I let go of my   surprised. They took the hair band off
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