Friday, September 5, 2014

Trip Of A Lifetime

Naturally, my curiosity is going to grow when there's a large crowd gathered round. As I approach, I notice more people trying to push in and others who are simply trying to see what all the fuss is about. I'm one of those people, and, being the small person I am, I don't expect to have a problem squeezing through. All I want is a look, then I'll go and let someone else take my place. Like I said, natural curiosity. Besides, Everyone's a sticky beak at some point or another. Right?

Without any real effort on my part, I feel my jaw drop a few centimetres as I lay eyes on the focal point of the crowd. On the brick wall is a notice, typed clearly on an A4 piece of paper in black ink.
The Chance To Win The Trip Of A Lifetime
One lucky person will win the chance to take a trip beyond one's wildest dreams. For your chance to win, answer in fifty words or less; what you would do given the chance to time travel anywhere in the universe?
I make sure to commit to my memory where entries should be sent to as I turn away and push through the crowd, who are abruptly moving in the opposite direction to fill the now vacant space my departure creates.

The competition's question lingers in my mind as I make my way home. What would I do given the chance to go anywhere? There's so many things I could do. Correct mistakes I always wished I hadn't made, erase regret, simply relive a happy time in my life. The possibilities are so endless that it seems near impossible to select just one. This concept they talk about seems all like a good dream. Like it must be a dream because it's way too good to be true. There's a million things you could do with a chance like this. But that's the thing, there's only a chance. Just one. So I suppose you can see now what a difficult situation it is that I'm faced with.

For days now I've been trying to work out how I should answer this question, because this competition is one I wouldn't mind winning. Who would mind winning a competition like that? Really? To my great surprise, an idea comes to me, just about when I was was starting to give up. So, what would I do with the trip of a lifetime I hear you ask? I would go back to a time when all of my family was together and happy in order to relive it again. Though, if I'm honest, I think the real question is, what would you do wit the trip of a lifetime?

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