Narrative Essay On Black Smoke

Black Smoke My sister and I were sitting on the bench watching the clouds pass by, taking in the new environment. All the hills are yellow, there are no plants, and trees are bare. California is much hotter and drier. I missed the cold, rainy weather in Oregon. The moving truck was pulling into the driveway so we got up from the bench and helped Mom unload all the boxes. “We are finally here.” Mom said with no emotion. “I wish we never came to this stupid place.” my sister said. I know that Mom would lash out at my sister for showing her attitude, but she knows that we all had enough negative experiences in our lives after Dad died. After unloading the last box, my Mom sat down and I could tell through her eyes she was wondering if everything would come back to normal. “Hey Mom, you okay?” I asked sympathetically. …show more content…
“Black smoke you said?” Mom said confused. I could see that she could care less. “Yes, we don’t want you to panic. As long as your family stays inside at all times, you will all be safe.” “Is it dangerous? Will it harm anyone” What does it do?” I asked intentivley. “All we know that it is cleans the city from all sorrow, evil, and all those bad emotions in us. You see, we don’t question what the black smoke does. We just let it do what it needs to do.” he said annoyed by all my questions. “Exactly what evil is in this city that this black smoke needs to get rid of?” my mom said look at the police officer as if he is some lunatic. “Newcomers are so… “ he mumbles to himself. I could not get what he said about newcomers but he did seem very annoyed. “Listen as long as you are inside your house you do not need to worry. The smoke will come around 8pm and end at 8am, so make sure you have everything you need because you are not coming out of this house during the cleansing. Understand?” he said sternly. “Yes officer, uh… no problem.” Mom