In the distance a man as tall as a giraffe stood shouting come and get your burgers and hotdogs only for 99p each. I then heard the firework director making an announcement that the fire works were about to commence in 10 minutes, his voice was grumpy as it echoed across the ground. Now the crowd were jumping up and down like monkeys and shouting we want fireworks they sounded like hyenas, and it was like they were in a night- club.
Suddenly I heard a loud bang it was as loud as a bomb, as soon as I heard the bang I looked up in the sky it is beautiful it looks like a giant peacock was floating in the dark sky. The sky lit up with the fireworks it looked like lightning had been struck, you could smell the fireworks they smelt of gunpowder burning. As more fireworks exploded into the air, they looked better and more beautiful. Then the guard lit a firework and it had 8 consecutive bangs, then the guard lit the Catherine wheel it was beautiful it was spinning different colours it looked like NASA had just launched a rocket.
All the little children were happy because they had sparklers in their hands. The sparklers looked like black twigs, when the children lit them, yellow sparks came out of them they were as bright as the stars.
I felt a drizzle of rain on my head, all the people quickly got out their umbrellas in case it started to rain heavily as the guard did more fireworks the more brighter and beautiful the sky looked it felt like it was daylight.
You could hear the people saying ‘oh look that ones beautiful’, ‘that ones my favourite’. If you listened carefully you could hear their voices echo. Suddenly it started to rain really heavily. People ran left and right towards their cars, some people ran straight ahead. I was running as fast as I could to find some shelter, it muddy everywhere my feet squelched into. As I looked into the distance I could see the kids little legs running for shelter, following their parents.
The food tasted like a soggy sponge because it was wet. People had thrown the food on the ground it smelt of over dated food.
The fire was going out, now it was more of a dark red orange colour it looked like Satan was standing in the fire. It was quiet, the ground looked like dark black ashes they are black as black paint, the ashes tasted like burnt paper, I felt sick. The adults were moaning because they where getting wet and they were rushing like busy bees. In the silence the only thing you could hear was rain hitting the ground it was like a mouse was tiptoeing.
You could taste the rain it tasted like tarmac and it smelt of rubber, I was totally drenched from head to toe I felt wet and ill. I then started to run towards the tree but it started to thunder the thunder was rumbling it was like drums were drumming, the splashes of lightning flooded the land with a tearful display of nature’s power.
After half an hour it stopped raining and the guards decided to start the fire again but the wood was wet so it did not light straight away. I picked up a piece and it felt as soft as the green grass. Slowly, the fire began to burn again but not as big as the other one, the colours of the fire were red, yellow, and orange it was as bright as a silver shining star, the fire was as hot as a cooker it was spitting pieces ashes out like a volcano, the ashes where as small and as black as little stones, the fire was roaring furiously with anger.
The swollen mass of people teemed forwards like a seething colony of crawling ants. Now the people were happy also the babies were happy and they were all cheering, they were jumping up and down like animals. Then the guards lit a firework everybody looked with excitement then I heard a bang it were like two cars had crashed and it was as loud as a bulldozer going through a block of flats.
When I looked up in the sky I saw the most beautiful colours they were as bright as glitter, it looked like glitter had been thrown in the sky.
It smelt like gunpowder was burning in the air it smelt like tarmac, I could taste it in mouth it tastes like deodorant. Then the man shouted hears the grand finally I heard a loud bang then when I looked up in the sky I saw the most beautiful multicolour in the sky.
After 15 minutes everyone had left. The ground was empty it was all quiet all you could hear were the dogs howling and the owls wings flapping as the owl was flying from one tree to the other. As the fire brigade was coming you could hear the loud engine from a distance, when the fire brigade was putting the fire out you could hear the firemen’s voices echo around the ground. As I was walking home I was thinking how wonderful the fireworks were.
By ISHTIAQ AHMED