Diary+of+Pompeii

Life in Pompeii By: Alexa Kamisky October 27, ad 79 Today was weird; the sky was covered in clouds, for about two days. I’m getting scared. When I ran to the store to get some figs, all of a sudden a poor man ran up to me and quickly grabbed my wrist and shoot it saying “Hurry get to some shelter, the volcano is about to erupt in a few days.” I didn’t know what to think, so I just ran away. October 28, ad 79 Today is my birthday! I am finally 28, today is a real special day because it is also my golden birthday! But something odd happened, it still smelt like ash, usually it goes away, but not this time. Well also that strange man has a crowd around him, instead of him there was about 35 people protesting. Most of them were leaving the port. When I was quickly leaving, to go home a young lady screamed, “Bellissa! Please come, the volcano will rapidly erupt any day now! I want you to be safe!” I didn’t know what was happening so I said “I’ll be fine,” then I walked away. October 29, ad 79 The volcano is erupting, I can’t believe my eyes! The ash is coming out of the volcano quickly; everyone is running to the gate to leave. My family is rushing me to the horses to run all the way to the gate. Mount Vesuvius is to fast, not all of us can make it, but it’s worth a try!

October 30, ad 79 I made it! Sadly not all of my family made it through this terrible accident. I just came back from my mother’s funeral. Tomorrow’s my father’s funeral and then in two weeks it’s my 9 year old brother’s. It’s shocking how I was the only one survived in my family. This is my last diary entry because as I read back through the days, I realized that I had a good life with my family and even though I got mad sometimes I still loved them and I miss them, I love you.