a little bit of descriptive writing...

So...this is my first blog entry on the Berlitz Manchester blog. As homework we had to do some descriptive writing about a scene we could choose. Our teacher Joel then had the idea to post it on the blog. So here is mine:

The children were laying on the parched ground like dead animals in the shadow of a small tree. It was too hot and too exhausting to run around and have fun. But something was different that day and they could feel it. The air was salty and oppressive. Suddenly a wind came up and blew dark and heavy clouds across the sky. Big rain drops fell on the ground and the children began to jump around like animals driven wild because they were so excited. It seemed like the rain was breathing new life into them while you could hear the heavy drops knocking on the dusty roof...