Writing+Pieces

April 7, 79 A.D., Saturday Entry 1 - Today has just been like any other day. I would go quickly to the kitchen table to consume breakfast which consisted of eggs and toast which was perfectly golden brown. Then I would do all of my chores to go outside to happily play games with my friends like tag and see how far you can throw a rock. I was the best at hide n’ seek. Felico, however, was the best at throwing a rock the farthest. Then we all had lunch at our houses and resumed playing games after. April 7, A.D., Saturday (Later in the day) Entry 2 - In the middle of our hide n’ seek game the surface started to rumble and shake. Then Gigi painfully fell out of the tree he was hiding in. There for we all went to check to see if he was O.K and he only suffered minor bruises and scratches. Then we all pondered at what could be the source of the trembling. We got together to discuss what it might be. Also, as we talked, the ground kept on jerking and we still didn’t know why. Gigi said that it could be just another stampede of cattle. Felicio suggested that it could be that the gods are mad at us and think that we deserve punishment for our wrong actions. Then we noticed that the mountain that was close by Pompeii was outputting more smoke than usual. So we moved to take a better look at it. All of our thoughts were directed towards the mountain rather than what time should we be home or if we should return home right now. Also as we were trying to get a better view at it, I noticed that a crowd of people were coming out of the city to see it too. Then people started to make a blood-curdling scream and ran away with a few other people chasing after them, probably to calm them down. Then I directed my attention back to the strange mountain. Entry 3 – Suddenly there was a huge explosion and red goop fell out the top and a flood of black ash attacked the sky. Felcicio, Gigi, and I used all of our physical ability and ran out of the area to the shore. Gigi fortunately had a boat for fishing and we jumped in there. Felicio and I grabbed the oars and paddled to the sea till we reached the middle of the vast waters. We slouched back to catch our breath and we got back up. Then we searched for others. We saw people hurrying to other boats and we all thought where’s our parents and what just happened.