Last Saturday afternoon, Siti and her parents decided to visit the Jurong Bird Park. They joined the long queue to buy the tickets. Ahead of them were a group of Japanese children. They looked hot and thirsty but each child patiently waited for his turn to buy his ticket.
Siti’s father was getting his money ready when a group of about ten Singaporean schoolboys appeared. They rushed up to the front of the queue. Siti and her father were shocked. The Japanese children stared at the boys.
Siti’s father marched up to the front to talk to the newcomers. However, they refused to go to the end of the queue. They shouted excuses such as,” I can’t wait forever!” and “The parrot show is starting soon!”
Siti felt ashamed to see Singaporeans behaving so badly. She wondered why there were still such rude people. Didn’t they know that our government had been encouraging us to be gracious.
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