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Today is the most important day of my life. I hardly slept last night as I was so excited. I open my curtains and allow the bright morning sunshine to fill my room. The park opposite is already full of people preparing for the big event. It is a beautiful day and I feel glad to be alive. It's strange to think that later this afternoon, everyone will be looking up at my window, and that the street will be full of TV news people interviewing my neighbors about me. I wonder what they will say?
I pull on my favorite tee shirt. I made it myself using my computer and printer a few months ago. It says 'I am the truth!' in big black letters, and on the back is a sword. I call it my sword of truth. I found the image on the internet. There is no truth in the world anymore. Everyone is a liar, especially politicians and religious leaders. Well, today is the day when I bring the truth back. I am going to show all those leaders that if they tell lies to the people they will be punished.
I walk to the window and look out again. There are more and more people gathering in the park. I check my watch; it says 8:30. I still have an hour before the VIPs start arriving. As I eat breakfast, I watch the news on the television. It seems every story is about government corruption, or rich bankers, or illegal immigrants. The country I love has changed. These days I feel like an outsider in the city where I grew up. But today I am going to show the world that the government must listen to the people who voted for them.
I see his face on television. He arrived at the airport early this morning, and his motorcade is on its way. The cameras show the long line of black cars driving through the streets towards the park. I cannot believe that my government allowed him to come here. That man is evil. I am so angry that I switch off the television. I can't finish my breakfast now; I am furious.
I check my gun one final time. It feels heavy in my hand - a mixture of metal and fire. Well today, there will be a fire in the forest. I kiss the photograph of my dear mother and father that sits beside my bed and get dressed. My uniform is clean. I pick up my badge and attach it to my jacket. I look at myself in the mirror. The perfect police officer is about to go and protect the people he loves.
Adjectives
glad:
Very wet with rain.
strange: Here meaning 'unusual'.
evil: Very bad or cruel.
furious: Very angry.
Adverbs
hardly: Almost not.
anymore: Something that was done in
the past, or happened in the past, is not done now, or does not happen.
Verbs
interview: To ask someone some
formal questions.
wonder:
To ask yourself a question about something that you are not sure about.
show: Here meaning 'to make
something clear or easy to see'.
tell
a lie: To say something which you know is not true.
be
punished: When someone makes you suffer because you did
something bad or committed a crime.
seem: Here
meaning 'to give the effect to being true'.
vote:
To choose something by raising your hand, or putting a mark on a piece
of paper. Your choice is counted.
attach: To join, connect, or fasten
one thing to another.
protect: To keep someone or
something safe from damage or being hurt.
Nouns
truth: Right, not wrong. Something
that almost all people say is correct.
a
politician:
Someone who is a member of a government or law-making organization.
a
religious leader: An important person in a church, mosque,
temple, etc who everyone listens to.
corruption: Illegal or bad
behaviour and actions. Especially about money, and people with power.
a
banker: Someone in an important position in a bank.
an
illegal immigrant: A person who stays in a foreign country
without permission.
an outsider: Someone who is not
accepted by most people, or not involved in society.
a
motorcade: A series of cars that moves slowly in a line,
usually carrying an important person.
a
mixture: Two or more things together.