Story 7. When the Earth Shakes
It was a day Tony would never forget.
He was playing with his friends in the yard.
All of a sudden, there was a strange noise.
Then, everything started to shake.
Tony saw that his house was moving.
Dogs were barking.
Chickens were running around in fear.
A horse was standing upright on its back legs.
What was it?
Tony had no idea.
Some of the kids fell down and others were trying to keep from falling.
A woman ran outside and shouted, Hurry!
It's an earthquake!
Get away from the building!
Tony was so scared that he couldn't move.
The woman grabbed him and led him away from the building.
It was his first earthquake.
Tony was shocked to learn that the ground he stood on every day could shake.
That shaking could hurt a lot of people.
