Sunday, May 17, 2009

An Old Ruin

Write about this old building.

1. How old is this building?
2. What was this building in the past? Describe what it was in the past with many details.
3. Who lived here? What was his/her occupation? Did he/she have a family?
4. Was it an important place? Why or why not?
5. Was there always water here?
6. What is this place now? Describe the building and the surrounding area with many adjectives and details.

4 comments:

  1. "Castle Love"

    It is a two-hundred-year-old building. It was a castle. It was a luxury castle. A princess lived there. She only could stay there and could not go anywhere. Yes, she had a family, but there were not living together. It was an important place for her, but it was not an important place for her parents because there was a mysterious freak living there, too. When the princess was young, she only could play with him when they were growing up together, so later on, she fell in love with him. That is why her parents didn’t like the castle. There was not always water here. Before it was just a plain, but the princess’s parents killed the freak, so after that, she cried every day and the plain became a sea. Since the princess died, the castle never had people living there. So it is just a shabby castle. Today, there is a sea and a mountain, and everything is very quiet to remember the story.

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  2. This building looks like it is nearly thousands of years old. As time passed, it gives people a mystique feeling. In the past, it was a king’s castle. It was a peaceful place here, no war and no disasters. People who lived here had a happy life. There was a big king’s family here with boys and girls always playing together. They loved each other. Nowadays, it is an important place because it is near the water, so if they have war, they can use the water to save their life. Today the place is like a scenic landmark. People can take a trip here because it is near the beach. You can have a nice vacation here. It’s a great idea!

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  3. Somewhere in this world, there is an old ruin next to the ocean. It looks like it is 600 years old. It was used for a lighthouse and this was the only lighthouse in the fishing village at that time. In this lighthouse, there was a poet living here. That’s a love story. This poet was a rich businessman and had a very beautiful wife before. They were very happy to live together until his wife traveled alone. Maybe you know his wife never came back because the boat was shipwrecked. And that man was so sad. He still didn’t believe his wife was dead. So he stopped working and moved from a city to this fishing village. He believed that his wife’s boat just couldn’t find the way back so he lived in the lighthouse. He wanted to use the light to help his wife. During this time, he wrote a letter to his wife everyday. At this time, his letters became poems. People in this village wanted to help him, but he still couldn’t accept that his wife was dead. Nowadays, this ruin is very poor and old, but there are still a lot of people visiting here because they are so touched by this love story. They are praying for God to give the man and his wife happiness in paradise.

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  4. This building was a long time ago. It was a small castle in the past. It was broken by the British army. At that time, the British wanted to capture this building by their army. The British army bombarded the building fiercely. There were bombs everywhere at that time, but before the British captured it, there was a whole family living inside. There were parents and two children. This is an important place for the military because the outpost in the main castle stands. But there is water here the whole year, so it is very important. There are a lot of forts very near this building. They are all used for protecting the castle.

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