Death within Minutes   Dana Sannan 9B
It was an unforgettable night. The Moon played its strange song and engraved the fearful symphony in the villages, memories, and hearts. It was a tune of death. Minutes were enough for the hungry monster to finish his meal, to devour every spark of life from the village. It took him two minutes to change everything into nothing but to me, it seemed like forever. The natural disaster happened in the blink of an eye. And here it was the first time I survived an earthquake.
The sky was decorated with a full moon, and the night air was a bit cooler than any July night had the right to be. My parents were at some neighbor’s house and I was alone with my little brother. At exactly 8:07pm, while I was at the balcony engrossed in reading a book and somehow diving in another world, a small shake put me back to reality “that’s strange” I thought the chair was shaking under me perplexed, I headed inside to see whether my brother was still awake. However, no sooner did I reach the corridor than the earth under me started shaking vigorously. I hurried to his room and hugged him immediately, protecting him from cement blocks falling around.
Actually, not only was it raining glass, but flying dishes and forks were also seen around the room. Then, it was over and everything went as quiet as two minutes earlier. My brother was crying heavily beside me, and I was paralyzed by what had happened. Suddenly, I remembered my mom and ran towards the door to see her and dad standing there. It was a relief to know they were okay.
The earthquake was over, but it has put the village in complete chaos. From a bird’s eye view, the village looked like a jigsaw puzzle with some pieces missing, and the houses looked like nothing more than a pile of stones. The scene was horrifying. Everything was harrowing starting with the damaged houses, to the debris and ruins, and to the tears on the kids’ faces who were so sorrowful that even the hardest of hearts would smoothen at the scene. Our village was no more like it was; it was damaged and cracked!
That 7.7 shaker was able to devastate the village. It was able to turn people’s lives upside down, leaving hundreds of homeless children and orphans. It’s really strange how two minutes can have such sweeping effects because sometimes minutes are able to put an end to what has been built over many years.  

Graphic organizer :
Title
Death within Minutes
Characters
Major: me (the writer)
Minor: mom, dad, little brother
Setting
Time:  8:07pm
Place: village
Problem
An Earthquake had occurred
Major events
-earth shaking
- fear tingling up my spine
-destruction of the whole view
- death of the village residents
conclusion
Minutes are- able to put an end to what has been built over many years


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