Fiction: Group 3
‘Of course it is. How thick can you get?’ the other one replied with a mocking voice. ‘They’re animals.
What can they do? Play dead in order to get out? Don’t be stupid. Now stop fooling around. Let’s just
throw its body away and get out of here. ’
They dived in and picked me up. Then I was dumped in a foam box along with other rubbish to be
disposed of into the Pearl River. The smell was unbearable and I nearly threw up at the smell of it. The box
was then loaded on to a truck. A short moment later, I was on the road. Now I was out of the tank and on
my way back home. I just hoped the journey would not take too long or I might die of dehydration.
I was parched by the time I arrived at the riverbank. My skin was blistered by the baking hot sun and the
stuffy air made me almost impossible to breathe. When the truck driver finally dumped me along with the
rubbish into the river, I almost passed out. The river was even worse than my tank! There was a layer of oil
on the water and rubbish was everywhere. The worst thing was the water itself. Different chemicals in the
water produced a disgusting mixture that burnt my skin. I swam as fast as I could towards the ocean,
ignoring my watering eyes.
After a long, long time, the water finally started to become clearer. This gave me some encouragement. I
swam a little faster and my mind became clearer. At last I saw a fish speeding past me. I looked around and
saw the world that I was familiar with. There were fish everywhere. Some were silver and shimmered like
mirrors and some were rainbow coloured. I swam around the ocean, savoring my freedom. I leapt out of the
water squealing in delight, doing flips in mid-air and diving back down.
At this point I realize how hungry I am. After chasing schools of fish and filling my stomach, I rest for a
while. I think about those poor dolphins that are still in the pool, yearning for freedom. Although I know
there is nothing I can do to save them, I still regret leaving them to suffer. Looking at this beautiful world, I
feel sorry for those humans who cannot see this. This is better than anything that humans can create. This is
true freedom.
