Fiction: Group 4
“Sure, why not? They’re free after all.” I reached out my hand to get a sample and ate it right
away. “Wow. It’s delicious! I love it! Alice, are these expensive? I want to eat more!”
“Oh, don’t worry about it. If you want some more, you’ll have plenty of chances on our way.” As
she finished her sentence, another plate of sweet pork jerky was placed before me. “Want to try some
samples of sweet pork jerky?” A salesman asked with a huge smile.
“Yeah, thanks!” I took another piece of sweet pork jerky with joy. As I carefully looked around,
there were numerous stores with salespersons standing outside, holding plates of different food samples. Each
time a salesperson held out some samples, I gladly took one and was surprised how enthusiastic they were in
giving out free samples.
“There are a lot of bakeries selling food souvenirs on this street. This bakery is very well known. It
has been established for over 80 years. That bakery…” I kept putting samples in my mouth as she talked
about the bakeries there. However, after eating sweet pork jerky samples for at least twenty times, I started
feeling sick eating them and stopped accepting the samples. No wonder not once did Alice try any of the
food samples. She must’ve eaten them for like a million times.
“Look, Kris! There’s Ruin’s of St. Paul’s!” Alice pointed to a majestic yet, of course,
ruined
building. “Come on, let’s go up to the top!” Stairs had always been a nightmare to me as I got to walk up
six floors of stairs every single day at school. However, never had I been so excited in walking up stairs.
Shockingly, I made my way up there in less than a minute. “Hey, how come it’s ruined?”
“Well, let me tell you some history about it.”
“Awesome! You can be my tour guide for the day then.” Alice smiled and started explaining.
“Ruin’s of St. Paul’s was actually a Catholic church built by the Jesuits...”
“Oh… Wow. You really know a lot about this building. You’re an amazing tour guide.” I said as I
looked down on the street from Ruin’s of St. Paul’s. “Wait, is that Sharon? Look! There’s my group! Alice,
thank you so much! I learned a lot and had so much fun today! But I’m gonna go meet them now! Bye!”
“See ya! Have fun!”
I waved and started running down the stairs. “Kris! Where have you been! We’ve been looking for
you everywhere!”
“Sorry, I dropped a coin and ran a bit far away as I was chasing it. But I met a girl called Alice! She
was so nice! She was the one that took me back here.”
“You talked to a girl? Remember what Ms. Poon said today?” My memories started to recall what
Ms. Poon said in the morning: never leave the group, stay right where I was if I got lost, and don’t talk to or
follow any strangers. Whoops. Well Alice wasn’t a stranger anymore so at least that didn’t count.
“Kris Chan! Come over here! Now!” Ms. Poon yelled with fury written all over her face. “Where
did you go? Didn’t I tell you NOT to leave the group? We were all so worried! Who knows what could
have happened to you…” I didn’t have the gut to look at Ms. Poon as she scolded me for nearly half an
hour.
“Anyway, I’m glad that you’re safe. But we will need to do a report on Ruins’ of St. Paul’s and
you totally missed Ms. Lee’s presentation as we’re touring it!” said Sharon.
“Don’t worry. I know Ruin’s of St. Paul’s. It was originally a Catholic church but was destroyed
by a fire in 1835, right?”
“Uh… Yeah. How did you know?” She asked curiously. I gave her a mischievous smile and said,
“It was a lucky guess.”
