Thursday, October 27, 2011

M2: Oh, no. I don't feel so good.

   Well, I woke up today feeling like something bad is going to happen. I don't know why, it just does. I kind of had a feeling in my stomach to not go outside. But I ignored it. I got my things together to go get some vegetables, not knowing there was something suspicious going on outside. I got outside, it was a dark cloudy day. And the first thing that caught my eye was a man just laying there in the street. I thought he was homeless so I just walked away. Then I saw another person. I kneeled down and saw he was dead. I jumped away and screamed with frighten.  
     I was running away, as fast as I could. I've never seen a dead person before and I was scared. I asked a merchant why there is dead people and he said, "It's, it's the Bubonic Plague." Oh no, the Bubonic Plague was very contagious and it was a hazard. I kept walking cautiously around piles of dead people, just piled up. I was looking at what they died of. There was a lot of vomit everywhere, so maybe that was a symptom. I felt one dead lady's head and she felt like she had a fever. Crap. That was a bad idea touching her. I felt kind of itchy. And my muscles were cramped. I didn't feel so good. Shoot, I thought to myself, did I get the thing everyone is dying from?
    I went to a merchant shop filled with books, to see if I could find some symptoms. I was matching up all the symptoms. I found the Bubonic Plague section. It said in the book that one of the symptoms was cramped muscles. Then it said a fever. And itchy behind the ears. I had all of those. Oh, man I have it. My stomach felt upset. I ran outside and threw up. "Ew." I said out loud. I decided to go back to my cottage, because I didn't know where to go. I didn't know what to do either, I just laid on my bed for a while, but I kept throwing up. I had a fever too, I was really hot. Well, since I have the plague, and I could die pretty soon, I guess I have to find a solution to get rid of it. So I got my senses together and walked out the door to find something to make me feel better.
    I tried to go to the doctor's, but it wasn't open because they died too. My solution was to maybe put leaches on, but the only place to get leaches was from the doctor's. Maybe I need to be isolated from the outside world, and stay in my cottage. I was getting nervous. I stayed in my cottage for a long time. I closed all of my windows/curtains, locked down every little nook and cranny. I just laid in my bed, waiting and waiting.
    I guess I must've fallen asleep, because I awoke feeling very groggy, it also felt like I was sleeping for a month. Surprisingly I felt a lot better. I honestly thought I was going to die, which was scary. I got my confidence together and stepped outside to see if anything has happened. I stepped outside, I didn't see any dead people. A breeze of wind hit my face, it was REALLY cold. Maybe the frost took over and killed all the fleas. Man, I was asleep for a long time. I guess I got rid of it, which doesn't make any sense because only some people lived from the plague. I guess I was one of those. I am very lucky to be alive, and I walked off through the streets to see if anyone was still alive.

5 comments:

  1. On mistake, "I jumped away and screamed with frighten." Other than that, this is very similar to my blog, and has very good descriptions. Good job!

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  2. Where you dreaming the whole time or where you just lucky. I like how when you went to the doctors office the doctor was dead. GOOD JOB!!!!

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  3. I like how you know that there is something wrong.
    Oh by the way there is a mistake in the last sentence of the first paragraph.

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  4. Nice post! I like how you described the plague as a hazard!I like how you ended your post, looking if anyone else had survived the epidemic disease!

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  5. Great details. I agree that it is pretty miraculous that you "slept the plague away." But I also like the sensory detail/fact about the cold winds of winter helping.

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