Unseen Passage for Class 4 - Passage 20

"Remember to come out of class immediately at 1 p.m. today, Julia. Your appointment with Dr Soon is at 2 p.m. sharp. So I will have to take you to the dentist very promptly after school," called out Mother just as I was running out to board the school bus for school. Oh! I had forgotten all about my dreaded visit to the dentist. The last time I was there, he had given me a long lecture about how I should eat fewer sweets and how I should floss and brush my teeth at least twice a day. This, of course, took place after he had pulled one tooth out and filled two cavities, experiences I really would not want to repeat. Only now was I regretting my decision not to heed his advice.

Alas! My pangs of remorse were too late. Dr Soon clucked disapprovingly. This only caused me to grow more and more alarmed. That meant another painful experience for me. If only I had listened!

The roar of his equipment was deafening. I was tense, waiting for the pain to start. Suddenly, he stopped poking at my teeth. The whirs of his equipment quietened. "Okay, Julia, we're done," Dr Soon said. "Your teeth seem fine as a whole, so I only did some simple polishing for you. But there are beginnings of plaque growing. You had better take good care of your teeth," he continued.

That was all? Hey! Maybe Dr Soon was not such a horrible person after all. Hopefully, my next visit will be uneventful as today's.

Sammy was an eleven-year-old boy who was good in his studies and kind to everyone. Grown-ups as well as children liked him very much.

Sammy had a classmate named Timmy. Unlike Sammy, he performed poorly in his studies and often bullied his classmates. He even ill-treated Sammy by teasing him constantly about his weight as he was chubby.

On his twelfth birthday, Sammy got a beautiful pen as a gift from his parents which he brought to school. When Timmy saw it, he was overwhelmed with jealousy and decided to steal Sammy's pen. When everyone had left the classroom for recess, Timmy opened Sammy's bag and took out the pen. He then hid it inside his own bag and ran out of the classroom.

When Sammy came back and could not find his pen, he informed his teacher, Mr Shan, about it. Mr Shan decided to search the bag of every pupil in the class for the missing pen. The pen was soon found in Timmy's bag and the furious teacher reprimanded Timmy for having stolen it. Timmy ended up in tears.

Seeing Timmy cry, Sammy took pity on him. Despite what Timmy had done, he had no ill-feeling against his classmate. He requested Mr Shan not to punish Timmy. This opened Timmy's eyes. He could now see what a kind-hearted boy Sammy was. From that day, he became friends with Sammy and gradually turned over a new leaf.

Adapted from kidsgen.com