A Bus Journey Incident

An example- You were travelling on a bus when you witnessed an elderly lady boarding the bus armed with a heavy basket. Nobody offered her a seat. During the journey, the woman fell.

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Sample Essay:

It had been a ______________ day at school as my teacher had ______________ loads of homework to us. With that on my mind, I sat beside the bus ______________ and looked out of it. The weather was ______________. How I wished I could go to the ______________ and have a ______________ in the water!

All of a sudden, the bus ______________ to a stop and I was ____________________________ in my seat. I ______________ the driver silently as he was far too______________. I reckoned that his license should be ______________. As I was ______________ how the bus company should deal with ______________ drivers like him, an elderly lady ______________ the bus. She was armed with a heavy basket that ______________ of fish. I held my breath as the lady ______________ up to where I was ______________. I ______________ at the other passengers. Some had ______________to doze off while others simple looked out of the windows, as I had done earlier. I, too, was ______________ to give up my seat, for I was fatigued after a hard day’s work at school. I shut my eyes and pretended to doze off.

Suddenly, the bus ______________ violently to the left before ______________ to a halt. I woke up ______________ with a start. The bus had ______________ into a lamp post. Everyone screamed in ______________. The elderly lady was no longer standing beside me. She lay ______________ on the floor, her wrinkled face ______________ with agony. The contents of her basket were ______________ on the floor. There were live mud crabs ______________ feebly and the fish were also ______________ all over the floor of the bus. Everyone ______________ as they attempted to stay out of the way of the mud crabs.

I was ______________. I began to ______________ for not offering my seat to the ______________ lady earlier on. To make up for my selfish ______________, I ______________ to my feet and rushed to help her. However, she whined in ______________ as I tried to lift her up. I stared at her in ______________ as she pointed to her left leg. I was ______________ to discover that she had ______________ it during the fall. I immediately ______________ fellow passengers with mobile phones to call for help.

The police and the ______________ arrived in no time. The ______________ lady and passengers who suffered minor ______________ were ______________ off to the nearby hospital. The ______________ driver was ______________ on the spot. I felt ______________ that justice was finally meted out to the ______________ driver. However, I was also filled with ______________ over had had happened to the poor old lady. I ______________ to visit her in hospital the next day. With my mind made up, I ______________ my bag and walked home.