The giant mouth slid open, I just starred down the seemingly never-ending walkway. This was it, no turning back, no time for hesitation. A glimmer of light caught my eye, a miniscule gap between land and the forbidden craft.
A lady stood at the end of the tunnel collecting boarding passes and checking passports, in my state of mind I went into paranoia because behind her beaming artificial smile, I believed she had something to hide. What it was I didn’t know? I was so petrified I didn’t know what I knew!
I slowly staggered to my seat and slumped into it. The same lady came around with a small round basket giving everyone something from it, something small. She came over to me and handed me one, it was a small hard-boiled sweet. It was to stop our ears from popping when the plane takes off!
Suddenly a huge whirring sound started up! It was just like a giant turbo hairdryer, I sank into my seat and a drop of sweat dripped down my roasting forehead onto my eyebrow. My mother reassured me that it was the engines starting up. It helped me knowing what was happening, I didn’t feel so frightened.
The great man-made bird began progressing at speed and then I felt a sensation of vertigo, the plane began to tilt up… Until it steadied up and I was told we were in the air!
Now I began to panic, we were about 5,000 feet high in the air and completely helpless. I tried to ignore my fear but it was to hard, I was far too scarred to turn a blind eye to it but my mother found a solution. The same lady came around again and gave me a pair of headphones and switched on a small television for me to watch. I put the small headphones on my head and changed the channel, on one channel and my favorite film was on! I was so pleased that my face lit up like Rudolph’s red nose and all fear was lost.
When the film finished, I was so mellow and relaxed that I took the headphones off and looked out the window. All I could see was a thick white blanket, which looked liked a large paddock of white fluffy sheep. I was settled down and I no longer had any worries, I could enjoy the journey.
BY NICK BROOKS.
