NARRATIVE

My most terrifying experience happened when I was 13. I was riding a scooty in the evening at around 4 pm. My friend, Revanth, approached me and asked if he could try the scooter. I asked him if he knew how to ride. He replied yes.

I handed scooter to him and I sat in the pillion seat. In the beginning, he rode without any hassle. But after five minutes, the scooty started giving jerks and he was driving rashly. I got goose bumps. It was most terrifying moment of my life. A little kid was running on the road. Revanth spotted him, but he didn’t know how to hit the brakes. So from behind, I caught the scooter’s handle and pressed the brakes and stopped the scooter. Luckily we didn’t hit the little kid. I was so furious with Revanth then. I immediately got him off the scooty and gave him a good earful.

From this experience, I learned that kids under 18 should not ride any car, scooter, or bike.

by

Nikhileswar Bommareddy

Class VII

Written in December 2023