Life's Lessons

Listen

        When I was young I would not listen to my elders very well. When someone said not to do something I did it. So I had gotten into trouble a few times. But I can still remember the time when I did something and that had changed my bad manners. 

        It was 7 pm and I was watching a movie. I was jumping on the couch my eyes fixed on the box of moving pictures. I was so into watching I hadn't noticed my surroundings. The couch was next to the white smooth wall and a few inches above the wooden floor. I was jumping like mad when my mom told me to be careful or I might injure myself. I didn't take her warning seriously. A few minutes later I got a little bit tired but kept on jumping. My mom had to go to the grocery store to buy some food for tomorrow. So she wasn't in the house anymore, which meant I could do even more fun (dangerous) things to do. So I stared jumping around in circles on the couch and did other dangerous things on the couch. My maid told me to stop or I'm going to fall or hit myself. But just like my mom's warning I didn't take it seriously but got a little worried. 

As I kept on jumping I lost my balance and started to fall down. Luckily my maid was there to catch me. She scolded me for not listening to her. But I still wanted to jump on the couch. So I decided that I'll jump but nearer to the wall. by the time I got tired and was about to stop I felt my body slanting and my hard head hit the white smooth wall. All I could feel was the pounding pain in my head and my eyes started to blur. I was crying and my maid came over to see what was happening. Eventually when I stopped crying and the pain almost went away I knew for sure that I would always listen to my elders even though its tempting to do it.