A lost . city. My mother and I was staying in a town near. The earth shook those days. That night I was sleeping when the ground shook very hard. My mother rushed into my room to wake me up. We had to stay outside for the night. My mother was . so scared. SHE didn't shot her eyes for . even one second. By six o'clock the next morning. Many buildings were still shaking. We decided to leave . the town. The road was crowded. We were at a place out of town. Just then, shocking things happened. Our coach couldn't go straight ahead. IT began to move from sight to side. The sea moved back suddenly. And many sea animals were left on the sand. We noticed a very dark cloud. Of amount for . serious. Soon the cloud moved down and covered . the sea. My mother asked me to continue without her. But I refused to leave her behind. We moved on while the cloud was spreading over the land like a flood. IT turn day in tonight. The air was thick with smoke. Can the ash began to fall in heavy showers? All around us women were calling. Children were crying and men were shouting. People were trying to find their families . in the dog. Thankfully, after a while, the daylight returned. Everything was covered in ash, like the snow in winter. After a night of living between hope and fear. We had no thoughts of things to come. Pliny the Younger.