my+writings

January 31,79ad  Today was the last day of January. Today was a good day because there were no bullies to bitterly pick on me. Academy has never been my favorite but today was surprisingly better than most. All my allies were there but Deanglio (we think he has the flu) I hope he gets better so we can play tomorrow and we can play vigorously. After school when there was an ordinary hastily beating, no one was there which made me happy. On the other hand they could have been hiding and jumped out and scared me, but no. For once, there were no bullies to beat me up. Also I got to go down to the under ground hang out where I haven’t been for 2 or 3 years. When I saw the chairs and other toys it brought back memories from the past we had good times down there. I gathered all the boys and we cleaned up and hung out for awhile. Today seemed weird like something was going to happen the next day or over night, but what would go wrong on a Saturday? I still think something might happen.    Later that evening  I think we might have been hit by an earth quake. The rumbling wasn’t long or very hard so I conclude that it was many miles away. The rumblings continued for the whole night and they were scattered at different times and were unpredictable.   February 1,79ad  Today the ground was very warm. The earth quakes got stronger but shorter. I have this weird feeling that maybe the volcano that’s about 10 miles away might explode.  Later that afternoon  We got news that ash is coming out of Mt. Vesuvius so we decide to block all the windows and doors and take cover all the way in the back of the room. Most other people run but I think that the villagers are making a bad decision. I hope that we can survive.  <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 22pt;">A few hours later <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> I just heard the biggest loudest sound in my life! We hear things crackling and it sounds like it’s over our roof. I think I might die. <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 22pt;">Only a few minutes later <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black','sans-serif'; font-size: 16pt;"> Pira died minutes after the explosion. The family was stuck inside and the lava instantly killed them and also the roof collapsed and the ash fell in and burned them partially. The eruption was very deadly and killed 20,000 people and 1,000’s of families and Pira’s family was one of them.