Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Personal Recount

A few years ago when I was 11, I was enraptured by a computer mouse. At that time, my mouse was broken and I could not play my games for quite some time. I was desperate, but did not have the money to buy it. I told my best friend, Sean, and he suggested that if I really want it, I should just steal it.
“Hey, stealing is wrong and you should know it well too. There was a talk about stealing, etc made by a few police men yesterday. If I’m caught stealing, I’ll be in deep trouble”, I said.
San told me:” Don’t worry. I’ll go with you. Let’s do it after school today.”
I was not really sure what to do but I agreed to go with him. I was quivering as I was entering the shop. When I saw the mouse that I wanted, I looked around to make sure no one was looking and surreptitiously slip that mouse into my bag. Suddenly, I felt something to be impending. I was bewildered and started to manoeuvre towards the exit. Sean told me to walking normally or else people would get suspicious. I managed to maintain my normal thinking and act while walking towards the exit. As I reached the exit, the sensor started to beep. One of the security guards wanted to check my bag, but I refused. Another security guard came and told me to open my bag. I had no choice but to do it. I saw Sean signalling to me to throw the mouse to him. I opened my bag and tossed the mouse as far as I could as he was quite far away. After that the security guard grabbed my hands. I tried to break free but in vain. At that moment my mind was pandemonium.
I started to struggle vigorously although I knew it was impossible for me to break free. The result was that although I was not sent to the police station as I was too young, I was punished by my parents instead. The police also told me that Sean had been stealing things since a young age and teaching others how to steal. I knew I did not make a smart choice but i learnt a very valuable lesson.

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