The Travel Fright

 

The weather is fine, no winds, no clouds, everything is fine at the outside. There is a plane up in the clouds. Everything inside the plane is also fine. But suddenly, the plane stalled. It fell from 50,000 km above the ground to 10,000 km above the ground. The baggages crashed on the floor, the trolley’s moving in high speed like an invisible child pushing it very hard, and everybody screamed. Everybody’s scared like a baby in a haunted house. “What has just happened?” thought Angela in a panicked way.
One day in April, when the sun is bright, and the birds are chirping, Angela received a great news from her parents. “We are going to go to the US this summer!” proclaimed her parents, excitingly. Angela replied, slyly, “Oh, thanks mom and dad, but I can’t really wait!” Finally, that day came to her. “Giddy up! Giddy up! Hurry up! I can’t wait to go to the US!” But she didn’t realized that something bad is coming for her…
Before the family could get into the plane at the airport, Angela looked outside the window. She was amazed when she saw many planes and workers on the track. She thought, “These workers have been working very hard to ensure that everyone’s flight is safe.” During that time, the pilot of the plane saw a “red as a flame” light that indicating that there’s a problem in the engine. Just before they’re taking off, the light dimmed. After that, the pilot didn’t take care of the problem, so they took off. The pilot thought afterwards, “Will the problem persists?” “Will it send the passengers to death?”
During their flight to the US, the family talked together, laughed together, and relaxed together. They seem to have a really good time, but unfortunately, the plane stalled. It fell from 50,000 km above the ground to 10,000 km above the ground, and the pilot broadcasted, “Sorry to interrupt your wonderful journey, but this plane has just had an engine issue, and I think we won’t make it to our destination. The plane may crash. Every passengers screamed if there’s a devil inside the plane, and they’ve become panicked. Everyone wants to get out of the plane, and eventually bump into others. The stewardess also bump into the panicked passengers when she was asking the passengers, “Do you want some tea?” “Do you want some juice?” Spilling teas, juices, and other drinks on the floor. The interior of the plane is a big mess now.
In the meantime, Angela’s family remained placid. They think that panic can’t solve a problem. Placid is a way to solve a problem. They also think that panic would only make the entire plane in a mess. They can prove this because the panicked passengers eventually bump into others and made a huge mess. So they remained placid during the fright. But Angela is so panicked that when her family is trying to remain in placid, her feeling is all over her face. Her face shows that she’s very panic. Her parents told her, “Angela, we know that this thing could let us be panic, but we need to stay in placid so the plane won’t made a huge mess.” Luckily, when the family’s trying to calm down, the pilot announced, “I know the fright will make us panicked, I know. I’m a little bit panicked too. But here’s the reason of why the fright occurred. When the stalling occurs, the engine light on the cockpit shows red, and the engine has stopped working. But eventually, the engine is working well now. So the fright is almost over. Please remain seated and during this time so we can get rid of this mess.” Amazingly, everybody’s muted after the pilot gave his speech. Angela thought, “Why are they calmed down so fast? Is that because the pilot said that we should remain seated if they want to get rid of this mess??” While Angela’s considering that why everybody’s calmed down so fast, the pilot reported that the fright is over and the plane didn’t crash. Everybody whooped that if they’d won a lottery. Angela thought, “Yes, I’m right! Only placid can get rid of mess and solve a problem, and panic can’t solve a problem and could only made some mess. Whew! The fright is over, and we can continue on our vacation!”
After the travel fright, Angela had a terrifying memory, but she’d clean forgotten the terrifying memory by going to many different places in the US with her family. During the flight back to Taiwan after their 14-day journey, Angela and her family were exhausted and Angela considered that she wants to go to the US once more while she’s in sleep.