An Unexpected Birthday Present example essay topic
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Have you ever been to the zoo or museum? I think the answer is yes. When I was a child, I liked to go there so much. I loved animals, which I considered as my friends. However, when I got a surprise on my birthday, I tended to change my attitude to animals. It was back to my secondary school. In my memory, it was a beautiful day with bright sunshine. I could feel smoothness in the wind, hear chirrup on the tree branches and smell the sweetness from each plant. What a nice day! I was feeling especially happy because it was my birthday. I went to school as usual. When I got into the classroom, I sat down at my desk and put my backpack into my drawer.
Everything went smoothly and normally. When I stretched out my hands into the drawer to get out my test books and pencils, I found something in my hand. It was cold, rough, sticky and it was winding between my fingers. For curiosity, I looked down into the drawer to see what on earth it was. Would you believe it? It was a little snake!
It was staring right at me and stretching its bloody tongue. At that moment, I could not help screaming. I was so scared that perhaps everyone in the building could hear me. All of my classmates looked at me strangely, expect the boy who sat behind me. He was giggling and light up with pleasure. The naughty boy had set up the whole thing.
He wanted to give me a big surprise by playing this trick on my birthday, but I thought I would rather never have something like this happens again. From that scary experience on, I do not like animals as much as before. Once I walked along a river together with my father, when I saw something like a snake twining round the tree, I held my father tightly and screamed in a frightening voice "Snake! Snake! It's a snake!" My father was frightened by my scaring reaction. He went over alone to see whether it was a snake or not.
Actually, it was just a cotton rope. Nevertheless, my mood could not get calm down in a short time. I will never forget that day when I received such a scaring birthday surprise. Also, I am afraid of those cotton ropes, which make me tremble with fear. It is so-called", A burnt child dreads the fire.".
