At the Library


My friends and I were working on a Science project in the school library as we needed resources fast. When we were reading the science facts from an information book inaudibly, I caught glimpse of a boy behaving suspiciously. Sensing something was amiss, I immediately told my friend about it. However, my friend just ignored me as he was concentrating on his project. So, with my heart in my mouth, I stood up and tiptoed quietly towards the boy. He was choosing a reference book from the bottom of a shelf.

Suddenly, the boy stood up. I quickly ducked behind a shelf to avoid being seen. When I looked up again, I saw the boy holding onto a reference book. He then walked to the corner where the pre-school books were kept.

I thought to myself, “What is he going to do?” I was curious. Unaware that he was under scrutiny by the librarian, the boy started to tear some pages from the book. Suddenly, he felt a tap on his shoulder. Startled, the boy dropped the book and raised his eyes to meet that of an angry librarian’s. Then the librarian turned purple with rage and reprimanded him for his inconsiderate actions and told him the importance of taking good care of books. She exclaimed, “I am afraid that you have committed an offense and you need to pay for the book.” The boy went hot with shame and promised not to vandalise books again. Seeing that, my friend and I continued with our project.

Written by Lim Zheng Yu

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     The light of the morning sun shone into the school library. Everything was serene in the library. My friend, Rogers, and I chose the library to do our Science Project, which was assigned to us by our form teacher. Once we reached the library, we made ourselves comfortable at one of the tables. I was explaining and writing down things regarding the project when my pen slipped off the table. I bent down to pick it up when I saw a boy acting suspiciously from the corner of my eye. I immediately told my friend about the boy so that I would have a witness when I tell the librarian. My friend ignored me. I decided to take the matters into my own hands. I stood up to see what he was doing.

     Suddenly, he stood up. I quickly ducked behind the shelf to avoid being seen. When I managed to get a closer look, I realized it was Daniel, my classmate. I was speechless when I saw him as he was the most well behaved student in my class. Daniel squatted down and selected a book from the Science section. He started flipping the pages to find a suitable book for the project, our teacher assigned to us. Just then, he stood up and walked to a corner in the library to hide from others.

      I thought to myself, “ What is he going to do?” I was curious. He started tearing the pages of the book with pictures related to his project. The noise from the tearing of the book was quite loud. Out of the blue, the librarian appeared in front of Daniel. He froze in fear. My friend and I continued with our work once we saw the librarian. We did not want to be involved in the matter or get noticed by Daniel. If we got noticed by Daniel, he might accuse us of complaining to the librarian. While we were doing our project, we looked at Daniel to see what happened. It seemed like the librarians gave Daniel a second chance. Lucky Daniel.

Written by Prem 
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                My friend and I were working on a project in the school library. We decided to do the project our Maths teacher gave us in the library as it was quiet and there were many reference books related to our project. As my friend was reading up on a reference book, I decided to write down the research and information we had gathered so far. Just then, at the corner of my eye, I espied a little boy behaving suspiciously. The boy was looking around him, ensuring no one was looking at him. Oblivious to him, a librarian and I were observing his actions. Disturbing my friend who was diligently reading a book, I told him about the boy. My friend ignored me. The boy bent down and took a book from the shelf. Wanting to observe him better, I stood up and walked nearer to him.

                As I was nearing him, he suddenly stood up. I ducked behind a book shelf next to me as I did not want the boy to see me. I looked up again to see what the boy was going to do. He flipped the pages of a book as he took a brisk stroll towards a corner of the library. I deduced that the boy was going to do something mischievous and did not want anyone to see him.

                 “What was he going to do?’’I wondered as I was filled with curiosity. Then, he started tearing some pages from a book. I was shocked by his inconsiderate behaviour. Then, a librarian ran to him and stopped him. An angry frown creased her forehead as she scolded the boy harshly. Tears welled up in the boy’s eyes and began rolling down his cheeks. The librarian warned the boy never to do it again. Many students drifted their attention to the sobbing boy. He froze in fear and blood drained from his face The boy told the librarian his intentions were that he needed the information for his project and wanted to paste it.

                My friend also saw the incident and we both thought the boy’s behaviour is inconsiderate and selfish, we also hoped that the boy would learnt his lesson and never do it again. After that, we continued with our project.

Written by George Chen
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         My friend and I were working on a Science project in the school library as the deadline was approaching. We were concentrating on the project as we wanted to get the best marks. Suddenly, I saw a boy behaving suspiciously as he was darting quick looks all around the library. I immediately told my friend about the suspicious looking boy but my friend ignored me and asked me to concentrate on our project. So, I stood up to have a better view of what will be happening next.

          Suddenly, he stood up stiffly. I quickly ducked behind a shelf as I did not want him to notice me spying on him. I then looked up again. Seated on a chair, he was flipping the pages of a book
roughly. Just then, he stood up and walked to a corner of the library sneakily on tip-toes as if he did not want anyone to see what he was going to do. It was like a mystery that had to be revealed to me.

          I thought to myself,"What is he going to do?" I was curious 
as I wanted to find out what will happen. He started tearing some pages from the book mercilessly and was laughing away creepily. The librarian heard his laughter and rushed to the corner of the library where he was sitting at. When she saw what he was doing, she stopped him immediately. He froze in fear and did not know what to do. The librarian looked at him for a few seconds before she started reprimanding him severely and told him that tearing a book into pieces is not the right thing to do. My friend and I continued with our
project as the furious librarian scolded the mischievous boy.

Written by Agnes Lee


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