Lost Sammy

By Bai Li

It was a warm, sunny day. Almost everyone is spending some time outside enjoying the sun. So are Richard, Sammy, Edward and their parents. These three boys are brothers. Richard was the oldest. Sammy was the youngest. Their parents? Well, I forgot their names, so let's just call them mom and dad.

The family traveled to a picnic on the very same day. They drove miles and miles into the big forest.
As their parents started the barbecue oven the 3 boys sneaked into the forest without telling their parents.
Their parents did not notice them, because they put their attention on cooking.
The boys walked and walked. They were finally away from their parents.
"Let's play tag!" suggested Richard.
"No, there is no space to run" answered Edward.
"OK, let's play hide and seek" squealed Sammy. The others agreed. So it's hide and seek.
"I want to go first," shouted out Richard.
Richard hid. Everyone looked for him. After half a minute Sammy found him inside a redwood tree.
"I go second," said Sammy. So again he hid. Everyone tried to find him. But they couldn't.
He was nowhere to be seen. "Don't give up, he got to be here somewhere near" said Edward.
For the next five minutes, the two boys looked everywhere, up every tree and in every bush.
Finally they all gave up. They decided to tell their parents. As soon as the bad news spread, everyone has the same bad thought. What if Sammy is lost and never found or if he had been abducted like Cecelia. No body knew yet.
"This is the first time I've heard that someone is lost because of a game, hide and seek". Said their parents.
Mom and dad took a quick scan of the area where the boys played hide and seek. They found nothing.

"Let's call the police." Said dad.
"Well that is the only way to find Sammy." Said mom.
Dad quickly opened his cell phone and called the police.
"We lost Sammy in the middle of the forest and now we could not find him. This is an emergency." Shouted dad.
In three minutes, the sound of siren floated in the air, growing louder each second. We saw the police car speeding along the road and into the clearing.
The police car halted right in front of our Barbecue. 2 policemen slowly walked to mom and dad then into the forest.
I didn't know what had happened there, but I thought that they could have an interview and a few questions.
After 10 minutes in the forest, mom, dad and the two policemen came into the clearing with their eyes swelled with tears. "We can not find your son Sammy." Said the policeman. "God, please let Sammy be found."
The policemen were mad and they drove away.
In 15 minutes, 8 policemen arrived in 2 cars. They parked their cars in the clearing. Again the policemen, mom and dad went into the endless forest. They rushed to the same stupid spot where the kids played hide and seek. This time the 10 peoples took a more careful search. They searched every spot a boy could hide. This time they searched much wider range.
They still found nothing. Not even foot prints.
"If we still couldn't find him, we have to call the helicopter." Said one of the police.
They walked in the forest and made some plans. I hoped they help Sammy.
When I wasn't watching, these policemen unpleasantly drove away.
We all waited for five minutes, then we heard the roaring of a motor. It sounded like a helicopter.

In 5 seconds, we saw a small helicopter. Float passed the clearing, it flew directly into the forest.
Meanwhile there were 3 policemen in the helicopter. One was driving, two were studying a map. The map showed a detail location of a clearing and a little of the forest. The clearing is in the center of the map. Surrounding the clearing and the little bit of the forest was a thin stream. It wasn't so wide but it was wide enough for a kid like Sammy to stop and turn around.
"Bingo!" Cheered the two men together. When they noticed the stream, they quickly ordered the pilot to fly and search the whole area.
After half an hour of searching, they found nothing. Maybe the reason is that nobody bothered to land.
When they finally gave up, they just flew away out of sight. "Goodbye厖"
Then came the yelling of a boy. He ran into the clearing. It was Sammy.

His eyes filled with tears. "They almost got me." He panted.
"What happened?" asked his mom.
"I fell asleep" said Sammy, "and the helicopter woke me up. I thought they were trying to abduct me! "

When dad tried to speak up, a guard popped into the clearing. "Closing time, you have to go!" She said.

It was a very exciting day.

This is THE END of the adventure.

　　　　　后记

　　我儿子李白今年９岁，上４年级，他对自然科学一直很有兴趣．三年级时由于在课堂上给同学们讲温室效应（green house effect)被同学们称为小科学家．为此，他着实高兴了好一阵子．后来，他又成功地给老师解释了三角形的稳定性，老师们也开始叫他科学家．他的班主任老师因而推荐他去参加多伦多天才儿童选拔．TDSB(Toronto District School Board) 派两位心理学家来对那几个小孩进行了三天一对一的心理测试，结果，在三项指标中，他有两项特别优秀．这样，这学期他就进入了天才班(gift program).
　　上面是他的一篇作文．他的英文总有这样那样的问题，这一篇构思不错．