CW: Hwee Hean's Writing (unedited)

Booy was tring his shoe laces at home and was bracing himself for being jeered by hisclassmates for being useless. Never in his life had Booy thought that he would be awardedin his life. The day dawnes crisp and clear and the sun shone in the sky like a fiery red ruby. Booy wasperspiring profusely and decided to go and buy a bottle of coca-cola from the nearbyconvinience store. After purchasing the botlle of Coke and given the change, Booy realisedthat he had only forty-five cents for the bus ride to school. Booy panicked. He had to paythe notorious school bully, Ah Joo, a dollar. Booy decided to standup to the school bullyand he walked to the waiting area to board a bus. Suddenly, a drunkard, who was driving a Ford, hit a boy who was cycling on the road Booy'sjaw dropped. The impact of the crash sent by on the bicycle flying in the air and land onthe other section of the road, about four metres away from the site of the incident. For a moment, Booy and the other commuters were like stones but in the next second, Booyrecovered his senses and shapped into action. He ran across the road, leapt over thedivider and grabbed the boy. When Booy and the boy were about to get back, a lorry was on acoliding course with them. Booy had shocked people who looked at him by running back to thebus stop in only two seconds. Normally, people who cheer loudly for the runner but not inthis dire situation. When Booy was running the road to save the boy from being run overagain, a samaritan had called for the police and ambulance. The loud wailing of sirens announced the arrival of the police and the ambulance. Paramedicsleapt of the ambulance and took the boy from Booy's hands. Luckily, there was no majorinjuries on the boy except for a few superficial wounds on his hands. The paramedics appliedantiseptic to the boy's wounds and bandaged his wounds. The boy was admitted to a hospitaland the police officer approached Booy and asked him for his name. Booy's face got pale andstuttered, "I....I havven't dddone anything wwwwrong!" The police officer said that he would like to present him a medal for being good samaritan. Booy, being a meat-andpotatoes boy, smiled sheepishly at the police officerand went toschool clutching his medal and with the knowledge that even somebody deemed useless as himcould be of goo use.