“Can I go over there, please?” begged Joe as he pointed somewhere next to his parents. He wanted to built a sand castle. His parents, Mrs Lee nodded and Joe vanished.

As Joe walked a bit further he felt that he stepped on something squishy. Then he heard a loud cry. As he looked down, he saw a girl about his age crying. He realised that he had step on the girl’s sand castle. His parents had warned him but he did not listen as he is too engrossed in building a sand castle.

Joe apologised to the girl profusely and the girl forgave him. She introduced to Joe her name is Stephanie and they become friends. Joe asked Stephanie if he can help her rebuild a sand castle as he is good at building it. Stephanie agreed.

After building a sand castle, Stephanie ask Joe if he could stay with her. But Joe said he can’t because his parent said its time to go home. The girl did not mind, she thanked him for building a new castle made of sand. Joe learn his lesson that he had to be more alert.

(Story by Sarah Chin)