Robby woke up this morning and started to sneeze. He shivered and glanced at himself in the mirror. “I’ve grown a lot here in USA,” he thought. He sneezed again and blew his nose. Robby Chai was an eight-year old Chinese kid and had jet black hair and eyes. Robby suddenly became cold and hurried to get a sweater over his pajamas. As he was fetching the sweater, he peeked into the empty room that belonged to his grandparents. Now Robby missed his grandparents in China. He had grown up with them since he was brought back to China just two months after his birth in L.A. A special bond created immediately between his grandparents and himself. But his parents took hims to USA because they thought school in China was too exhausting for little Robby. This was good in some ways, but it had its disadvantages. It was almost winter break now and the holidays were coming, Robby missed his grandparents badly.
Robby was a huge fan of Ironman. He wished that the iron suit would would come true. Then he could visit his grandparents whenever he wanted. Robby pictured himself blasting off in a shining iron suit at over 5,000 miles per hour. He thought of flying over the clouds, whipping past birds, and waving to people on airplanes and even jets from the US Air Force. Then,within an hour, he would show up at his grandparents’ window, hovering as close as he could get. It would be dark outside because of the different time zone and he could see his dear grandpa and grandma sitting on the sofa, watching TV, with cozy blankets around them and lamps basking them with golden lights. Sometimes they would chat quietly about the show and sip on steaming jasmine tea. Robby also saw in his wide mind his old metal matchbox cars lined up in a glass door closet in the back of the room. They must have been polished recently, for they caught the faint light and gleamed dimly.
Robby suddenly shook his head violently to get his mind back to reality. He knew that high-tech stuff like Ironman was too advanced. But he believed that one day, it would be possible. One day, distance would not be an issue. Then Robby remembered that it was Thursday morning and he still had school. He quickly brushed his teeth, changed into school clothes, and followed the aroma of breakfast sizzling downstairs.
As Robby and his parents were eating the delicious breakfast consisting of eggs, pancakes, sausages and fresh orange juice, Robby brought up the subject of going back to China. He retold them about the Ironman idea, what he imagined his grandparents were doing, and everything else he had thought about while upstairs. “I do agree that the Ironman idea is too extreme with the technology right now,” Dad replied thoughtfully, “But you’re right, Robby in the future, Ironman is definitely possible.” Mom also piped up, “ At first we wanted to surprise you, but we won’t keep in away from you any longer. We’re going to China on winter break! And it’s been such a long time since we’ve been in China when it snowed,” she added as an afterthought.
Robby got so excited that he nearly fell out of his chair. His wish had come true, although not exactly the way he wanted it to!
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