Descriptive Essay - Childhood Scene

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Childhood Scene:

   It was early morning and the last day of my holiday. The sun, almost a semicircle and the colour was strange, a dark shade of orange, peeped itself over the top of the top of a tall monstrous mountain, like an anxious child at a window. The shadow it castled gradually slid itself over the rooftops of the little white houses situated in the town of Costa Teguise. The dingy shadow eventually moved further out to see as the afternoon approached.

   I was by the Hotel pool. It was shaped almost like an ear, very obscure. Filled full with crystal clear water transferred to a laser shade of blue by the tiles that rested on the bottom. This was the main pool. It was shallow at one end, and as it went across became deeper. There was also a more rounded and a lot smaller pool but was deeper. This lay alongside the infant pool, which was very shallow. It again was a very obscure shape but contained a small island in the middle. There were three in total. I lay on a lounger watching my brothers play and swim until they got out and ran off to play on the mini golf which was set back in the trees. This particular lounger was different for it was covered with large but soft cushions covered in a yellow cotton fabric. Throughout ran a pattern of red dots scattered in random places. It felt special and I was unsure whether or not I was supposed to be sat on it.

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   As the sun lifted itself higher into the sky, the clocks turned to midday, and the sun became a smaller circle but brighter. It beamed down on me at an intense heat. It was too hot. I felt like a small bug under a magnifying glass getting hotter and hotter, as the heat was almost doubled. This made me uncomfortable and sticky. My skin began to shine and go a tiny bit red.

   I stood up. The pool looked inviting as the sun glared off the shimmering surface and reflected into my eyes. I stretched ...

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