I need opinions and help on my story? Question: Okay, in my ELA class we have to ride a personal experiance story. Well, mines sorta made up. I know its kinda... yeah. lol. here it is:
Dazed, as I stared out the window, my mind as blank as a page, I soon realized we had made it to Laffeyette. About two and a half hours to go. Hopefully, We are on our way to my great grand parent's house. They lives in Thibodaux Louisiana, around four hours away, by a humungous bayou. Although I don't like the long drives, I actually like being out there. Most of the time. And everytime I go, I learn something about my family history, like how one of my great grandfathers, Papa Pat fought in World War 2, and how I'm also Choctaw Indian. Well, just a little.
Anyway, I ended up falling asleep. Hours passed by and I awoke, with my mom yelling "Tristen, wake up and go inside! They're waiting by the door for y'all!" Sleepily, I look out of the car to see my Mama and Papa, my Nanny, Para, and two cousins, Tyler and Alyssa. I hopped out of my dad's red dodge and ran to them. I recieved tons of hugs and 'We missed you so much!' and even a 'Hows my little Texan doing?'.
After supper we all sat down and caught up with everything going on since the last time we were out there. Tyler had GOTTEN glasses. Alyssa made all As. And my Nanny announced she had won four tickets to a concert, and they were taking my parents.
Later the next day they all GOT ready for the concert, and since it was to be in Baton Rouge, they left early to grab something to eat before they made it there. Of course I had to stay at the house with my brother at the house. While the boys were outside running around shooting each other with Nerf guns, and playing with other things, Alyssa and I were talking. Trying to figure out what to do.My grandma walked in, "Ahh.." she whispered -She must have stepped wrong!- "What are you girls doing?" she asked. "Nothing." we both said in unison.
Suddenly everything was quiet. She sat down on the sofa next to us. "I got a great idea for you two. I know I never let any of the children go up there, but maybe this could be a special day." A smile lit up her face. "How about you girls go up into the attic. I'm sure you could find something to do in there."
"Cool!" I shouted loudly.
Concerned, my grandmother said, "The only thing I ask is to be very careful with the things in there. Alot of it is very old and has been in the family for ever, you hear? Please. We don't want anything messed up!"
"Yes ma'am." I say politely with a big smile. And we ran up the stairs to the old musty attic.
With the evening sun shining through the attic window, it seemed there was no need to turn on the lights for now. On a wooden night stand there was a dusty old picture with the most beautiful golden frame, with flowers and the words "Forever and always, my love." engraved on it. Inside the frame was a picture of a man and a woman, not even in color. The hair and clothing even looked old-fashion. And in the corner hung a gorgous off-white wedding dress.
I spent forever looking at everything. It all seemed to amaze me. As I skipped over to Alyssa, we hear a BOOM and the wind was whistling through the cracks around the window. Then we realized it had GOTTON darker. I hope the boys are in by now! I grabbed Alyssa and sprinted down the attic stairs.
Frightened Alyssa called out, "Mama!" The lights were out and everything was too silent.
"Where in here honey," my Papa was walking out of the kitchen door with a candle in his hand. "The electricity went out. I guess the storm's coming in now."
"But what about my momma?" whimpered Alyssa. "What if something happens to them Papa?"
I then hugged her. "Don't worry. My parents are with them too. I'm a little worried like you are, but I'm pretty sure they'll be very careful. You can trust me on that."
"That's right. Now lets go into the dining room with the others and settle down. The storm should passover soon." Papa said reasuringly.
About an hour went by and the sun began to peek through the clouds. A few minutes passed by and the lights came back on too. My grandpa then made us some gumbo and some drinks. Mine of course was Dr. Pepper. Not long after we got done eating, my parents walked in. They had decided to come back early because the weather was so horrible.
Everyone woke up early the next morning to say our good byes as we got ready to leave. Sure, I had fun. But not as much as I hoped.
Okay, so, the words in cap lock are the ones I need to replace with a new word. So, help me with that? And what can I add to it to make it better? Thanks (:
That's the thing Steffie.... I need yalls help (:
Answer:
pretty good, needs a bit of work! :)
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