THE FERRIS WHEEL CARRIAGE

 I’m John, and I’ve been working in a carnival as a Ferris wheel controller for quite some time. This memory still gives me goose bumps. It was a normal Sunday evening, the carnival was filled with people, and everything was well. It was around midnight closing time, the staff was cleaning and packing when people started to leave, after some time the carnival was almost empty, but there was this child alone around the age of 9 or 10 coming towards me. Confused, I asked the child where his parents were, but he didn’t answer and just requested a ride in the wheel. I thought it was weird but I did my job. After it was over, I couldn’t see the boy in the wheel’s carriage, I turned and re-checked all the carriages but it was as if he disappeared into thin air. After some time, I left and the next day I told my manager about this strange happening. My manager looked at me in horror and gave me a newspaper. It was about a 10-year-old boy who fell from the same wheel. Soon, I left my job because of this disturbing event and couldn’t sleep on some nights. 

 Haya Yasir VIII A

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