The Tragedy
My Childhood
By Hypolite Padmeli
By Yoanne Bustamente
“My friend I will never forget that day, Dewas killed by cember 25th,
a drunk driver 2000. It was
when he was Christmas Day
and everyone was
crossing the enjoying the parroad to his ties. It was two
house.” in the morning and
I was born in Cusco, Perú. I was
living in Cusco for many years. Cusco is
beautiful and it is a mystic place live.
The streets are clean and the weather
is nice. When I was seven years old I
went to the capital of Perú, which is
called Lima, for the first time. It was
wonderful for me because I saw the
beach. Before, I saw it only in the
a lot of young men
newspaper or books. My family and I
were outside in the clubs. That was a
were there for three months. It was
beautiful day and I remember that
fantastic. The capital, Lima, is bigger
night I, my friends and two girls spent
than my city. I had new friends in that
about $500. We left the club at about
city and we liked to swim at the beach
4:00 am very drunk and happy. Everyand played volleyball. As a student I
one got a cab home to go to relax and
liked to study math. This was my life as
start another happy day because of the
a child.
holiday. I was in my room. I took off
my clothes and I was relaxing on my bed
when my phone rang. I saw my friend‟s
number and I didn‟t pick it up. I
thought he wanted to say bye or something. We can talk about it the next
time. The phone rang many times and I
picked up. It was the police. My friend
was killed by a drunk driver when he was
crossing the road to his house. You
can‟t believe how I feel when I remember what I saw that day. I think I will
Teacher: Sheryl Sherwin
never forget it in my life because I still
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have the pictures of everything.
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