The Canterbury Quake By Rayanna

Saturday 4th of September about 4.30 am I told Melissa to put the fire back on. She said that there was no more matches so I tried to go back to sleep when it started the house was shaking furiously and Melissa started screaming mum,dad wake up EARTHQUAKE!! I was still lying on the couch and then I got up when one of her mums plates fell down. We were standing in the door way until it stopped. They told us to go back to sleep but I couldn't go back to sleep because I was so shocked and not expecting it. So the rest of the morning I got no sleep at all and no one could stand the after shocks in my family. After it was light me and Melissa started making ballon animals then we had another surprise after shock. Luckily nothing had fallen down  her street. I rang my mum to make sure my horses were ok and lucky there wasn't anyother disaster going to happen anytime soon. I found out what happened when we watched channel one because they were keeping us updated.