Descriptive Essay: Tragic Firework

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Tragic Fireworks

BOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!!!! The loudest explosion happened with a beautiful blue and all of a sudden people grabbed their phones, dialing numbers, calling 911, the screaming voices yelling “Jersey!”, as the booming sound of the fireworks seemed to get louder and louder in my head… as my dog Jersey was running farther and farther away into the woods. At that second I knew that we lost my dog! You are probably wondering how this disaster happened. For the time being, we were heading down to Ada to see the beautiful blasting firework show, flyer said best show in town. I was about 4 or 5 at the time and we could hear the booming sound as the colored bursts of fire flew across the sky and exploded with the loudest sounds. As we got closer and closer to the arrival destination my dog Jersey was frantically jumping from lap to lap as the fireworks got louder and louder. As we turned the corner to pull in so many sights hit my eyes Jersey bolted under a seat after the loudest fire work I think have ever heard went off, I could see a huge factory building, all the picnic blankets, and people lying on top of the padded warm fuzzy blankets, blue, red, and white fire whistling up into the the sky then bursting with the loudest explosion.
Soon, all off us got out of the car. It smell was as if an unicorn threw up
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He could barely walk not eating or playing. My dad having to carry him out to his pen to use the bathroom. It made heart rip in two as I saw him this way, it made me want to cry. I would have doubting thought in my mind if he would ever be the same again, I prayed and hoped that things would go back to normal

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