Cracking the great mysteries of a grand parade

As I watched this year's National Day parade on TV, scenes of the parade I joined 10 years ago flashed through my mind. I was in junior middle school - one the closest to Zhongnanhai.

In fact, we shared a wall with the nation's leaders. Whenever we accidentally kicked a ball too hard, it'd be thrown back in no time by the guards.

We were anxiously waiting for the final exams that summer when news came that we would be joining the National Day parade.