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141. ACTING AS A SUBSTITUTE
LAØM NGÖÔØI THAY THEÁ

Anxious faces peered out1 fourth storey classroom window. Half the class were outside
the classroom. Some of them were at the balcony, some were waiting at the steps while
some went even further to wait at the school gate. Being the class monitor, I tried to call
them back to class. My teacher was at the staff room, walking up and down in front of
the telephone. She was waiting for a telephone call from Brenda's mother.
Brenda, the brain of our class, was hospitalised.2 She had a sudden attack of asthma3
during the previous night and was immediately rushed to the hospital. She was to be the
last speaker for our class at the finals of the interclass debate to be held that very day.
We were confident of her. We were sure that her unbeatable ability to summarise and to
rebut4 would windows for our class the prize. This was precisely the reason for everybody's
anxiety, waiting for her with hope.
A little while later, my teacher walked into the class. By the look on her face, we could
immediately guess the outcome.5 She said in a quivering6 voice, "Brenda won't be
discharged today. So... I'm afraid,... I'm afraid that we will have to find a substitute."
There was dead silence in my class. I was standing at the back of the class. Then,
painfully, I felt as if sharp pins were piercing my body, pinning me to the wall. Slowly,
my eye



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