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Hey all, just a random posting of the work of my class, as promised. I wrote the introduction and conclusion, but the students wrote all the sentences in-between. Some pretty nice sentences, huh?

The sky grew dark as early as four o’clock. A gigantic, gloomy, dark cloud settled over Tanjong Katong Secondary. Ron and Kang had planned to join their friends for a quick game of soccer, but that plan was dashed when they saw those friends scurrying across the road to catch the bus. At least one of them had the courtesy to turn back and shout, “Sorry, it’s going to rain!” Disappointed but also a little relieved, Ron and Kang picked up their bags and scampered to the bus stop as well. At that point, they met the man.

· The man was a pervert who was just released from a mental hospital and he wanted to chase after them.
· Slowly and menacingly, he approached the boys, like the predator cornering the prey.
· The man offered Ron and Kang drugs but they refused.
· “I will never follow you because I don’t even know you,” Ron said.
· They tried running away, completely out of breath, and led the man on a wild goose chase.

· They ran frantically in fear, under the rain, trying to run away from the man.
· When Ron looked at the man, fear overwhelmed him.
· The warehouse they were lured into was like a dump, probably abandoned for years.
· Kang was punched hard and he was sprawled across the floor.
· The man dragged Ron and Kang to the pillar and chained them there, causing them to scream in terror.
· Not knowing what to do, Ron and Kang exchanged furtive glances.

· Being the most outstanding athlete in school, Ron sprinted madly for the door.
· Ron attempted to escape, but to no avail.
· They tried to escape from the seemingly stone-like arms of the muscular man.
· Ron and Kang made a dash for it and attempted to escape.
· Kang took out his Magnum Desert Eagle, shot Ron and tried to fly away on his helicopter.

· Ron and Kang escaped from the man, who chased furiously.
· To their relief, the man did not manage to keep up.
· They heaved a collective sigh of relief and cried.
· In the blink of an eye, the police surrounded the man and skillfully arrested him.
· Kang and Ron walked into the sunset, hand and hand.

As Ron and Kang struggled to come to terms with what had happened to them, they picked up their dirtied bags from the dusty ground and sighed in relief. They had never expected that their day would take such a horrible turn. As such, they thanked God that they were still relatively unscathed as they hurried home.