House Under Construction
Chapter 5: The peculiar boy Everything was paused; the judges, the people around me, even the drop of water was paused. Wh wh what is happening? I asked him; I was so stunned that my voice started shaking , I even pinched myself but it was really happening for real. He respond with an anonymous smile on his face : "I just stopped the time for you complete your painting and win this competition" after this response I kept looking at him with a blank face as it was strange,strange ,and strange, until he said: What are you waiting for? just start drawing! Yea yeah... I replied. I put myself together and continued my painting; I have to win this competition, for me; for my dream this was the only thing that was running in my mind at that time. After whole twenty minutes, when I looked up after completing my artwork; everything went back to normal as if time had never stopped.I looked up at the clock, the same time: five minutes were remaining; the judges were talking , the other