(c) Describe the happenings of the day when there occurred an earthquake in your locality.
State how you and your family escaped and reached an open ground. Also state what
you did and felt after the disaster. composition writing 300 to 350 words
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As I sit by my bed playing with my pet pug , I suddenly get a shake from my dog as it pats my knee and I fall down . When I fall , I suddenly get a memory , the memory of me in an earthquake stricken area sitting silently by a fallen tree . As I go back into reverie , I see myself sitting on the usual place I sit , which is my balcony . I was having a cup of coffee in my hand and I was looking at a beautiful cuckoo which was stting on my window sill . I was thinking over whether I should give anything for it to eat or not , when suddenly the ground below me shook . It was a light shake , but I felt the blood rushing out of my face . I became terribly scared for no particular reason and I was surprised at that , since I was usually a calm and collected person . My bond with Earth was very strong and due to that I felt that something bad was about to happen . I didn't have any superstitions about harbingers of bad news , but this time when I saw a raven sitting by my window instead of that cuckoo , I felt scared , which was odd since I admire all birds ( including ravens ) . Since panic started to build up in my chest I turned the other side around and looked everywhere but no at the raven. I felt it's eyes on my back and just as I turned to look back at it , I got another shake ,this time a bit more stronger than the last one making me fall flat on my back . I got severe back pain and just as I was about to shout for help from the neighbours since both of my parents are rarely at home , I heard someone ring the doorbell . I thought that if I sit here without opening the door , whoever has come will eventually go . But that didn't happen and the doorbell kept on ringing , this gave me a severe headache and I went to open the door all the while feeling a terrible pain in my back . When I opened the door , I saw my neighbor's daughter Marie staring at me with fear fresh in her eyes . I was shocked to see this because she unlike me seldom felt panic and was a happy go lucky girl . I gritted my teeth to control my pain and asked her what was the matter . She told me that our area is going to get an earthquake and if we dont go away from our house then we all will perish and die . I felt great panic building up again in my chest , but I tried to control it since if I show my fear to Marie then , she who is already scared will start to cry and I wont have time to soothe her . We both ran , caught a bus and went to the city nearby . Just as we were about to get down from the bus , the bus started to shake terribly and at last with all the efforts to stop the oncoming fall from the driver in vain , we felt the bus turn over . We all fell and I felt my back start to ache again . I was fine but I was scared about Marie's wellbeing who was sitting in the back seat with her friend Salini . I tried to get up but I couldn't , I felt crying , which was pretty rare for me but I stopped my tears from falling and got up to see if or not Marie was ok . I saw her waving from behind and a layer of grease and dirt covering her face . Tears were falling from her eyes . 9I ran towards her all the while feeling the pain in my back increase . Then I felt myself fall unconscious when I hit the headboard of the bus . I woke up to see my grandparents sitting by my side . They informed me that I had a broken back and a broken rib along with a deep head injury . But I couldn't care less about me when I thought about my pet labrador's wellbeing . I had left it at my house when I ran with Marie . I didn't remember anything about it . This was the only time silent tears started to flow from my eyes . My grandparents were having a snack in the hospital cafeteria so , they couldn't see me cry . I felt the tears stain the while of my shirt and soon the silent tears turned into weak sobs . The nurse saw me and asked what was the matter . She must have thought I was crying due to pain since she had a sedative in her hand . But before she could sedate me I asked her about , my dog - my lovely little friend and companion , the only one who ever was with me . She started to laugh and I could tell that she felt I was crazy for crying over a dog . But for me it was not only a dog , it was my best friend and the only boat during my storms . I asked her the same again this time a little bit more seriously so that she would understand my sentiments . When she saw that I wasn't joking , she immediately stopped laughing and told me that it was safe and sound in a veterinary hospital . It seems it had got some slight injuries but other than that it was all fine . Hearing that made me relax and finally let a sigh of relief . Though this was a very weak earthquake and we reached an open ground after I fell unconscious , it was still a nightmare to me . The rib I broke that day is weak even upto this day , being a constant reminder of that horrific incident .
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