to experience the life

saturday nov. 15, 2003 cloudy

my teacher gave me an assignment "experience life" last week. i had been thinking how to finish it because i had never done any thing by myself before.

mother was out today. it was a good chance to complete the assignment. seeing the barrel was empty, i decided to fetch water from the well.

i took the empty barrel and went towards the well outside the yard. it snowed yesterday, so the alley was very slippery. a layer of thickice was frozen on the platform of the well. i was frightened by the sight, but i gathered my courage to walk towards it.

the alley was so slippery that i walked with difficultly. suddenly, i slipped and fell down, water in the barrel totally poured down on the ground. i stepped on the platform carefully. after standing steadily and squatting down slowly, i hooked the barrel at the end of the rope and put the rope down slowly. i made an effort to drag the barrel up after it was filled with water. i was very careful because it was easy to slip and fall. then, i carried the barrel of water and returned to my house. my figners were frozen stiff. i realized my effort was in vain. i hated myself.

i failed to finish the assignment but i did experience life through a trifle which seemed easy but difficult to do well. such was my first experience of life.