The Chase, by Annie Dillard, is rather a fascinating prose that vividly describes one of her childhood experience. Her chase with an adult is extremely vivid and describe perfectly from a child’s perspective. I suppose this chase was rather a significance experience for her because she had never got so scared in life for the prank she did at adult. Normally, she treated the prank of throwing snowballs at passing car as a pure recreation at winter which rarely she would get any reaction from the driver. However, the driver instead stops the car and started to chase them persistently.
Reflecting back, I remember a moment in my childhood that seems momentous even now. It is also about a chase, yet it was more of a serious chase that may eventually inflict some physical pain on me. I remember once visiting my uncle’s warehouse where it is filled with mountains of instant noodles boxes and drinks. There, I encounter a dog called little flower because of her brown spots over her back. Despite such a feminine name, with her first glance at me, for no reason she began to chase me. Extremely terrified at her speedy run, I also began to take off and started to run around the warehouse. I remember that I was quite stupid that I started to run around in a circle. Screaming and crying with fear, the chase seems to last for hours with the dog closely behind my back despite how fast i run. I was screaming for help and urging the adult to stop the dog. However, all I hear from the adults who were watching the "funny" chase were laughters filled with voices “Stop running, she simply wants to play with you.” However, in my perspective, she simply wanted to bite me and tare me into pieces for an afternoon snack. I couldn’t recount what happen after the chase that somehow I was saved and the dog was pulled aside away from me. That chase forever imprinted in my mind.
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