Alyssa’s+Assyrian+Attack

Alyssa Moore Period ¾ 10/10/12  “Dad, are you almost done with that pot?” I asked my dad on that fateful day. “Yes, in about a day I will be finished. Why don’t you go play with your brother?” he asked. “Ok dad” I replied. “Hey dad what is that sound?” I questioned. “Oh no, get your brother and hide in the attic I will be there shortly I must go find your mother!” my father bellowed franticly. I did as he told me even though I was not sure what was happening, but then I started to understand as I heard the gruesome screams of people being slaughtered and when I heard that I knew that the Assyrians were here. I soon remembered the stories of the beasts they road and the sound of their hooves against the thick ground. I was terrified as I was hearing the sound of people begging for their lives and then the agonizing scream of when they saw their own guts spill out on to the now red ground. I heard a quiet knock on the attic door and I was ready to die, but luckily it was my mother and father. My mother was crying and holding my brother and I in her arms whispering in our ears that it is going to be ok but my brother and I both know that it is not going to be ok at all. Suddenly she stopped crying because she didn’t hear the hoof beats anymore now she heard yells and footsteps in her own home and we all knew to be quiet. Then there was nothing and we sat in the attic for three days with no food and no water not daring to go out. On the fourth day my brother was dying of starvation and so was I. my father looked outside and he saw mountains of dead bodies, but the Assyrians were gone. My father also said that all of our goats and sheep were skinned and half eaten. We all stepped outside and we saw no living people it was wretched looking at our neighbors lying dead in the middle of the ground on fire. We were all happy but we know that the Assyrians would be back again. “Dad how did they not find us, I’m sure we were not the only ones hiding in the attic?” I asked “I don’t know but they didn’t find us and that’s important at the moment all we need to think about next is where we have to go because we all know we can’t stay here.” He replied. “Well maybe since they think they have killed everybody they will leave us alone.” I told him. “Maybe your right, but I don’t want to risk it.” He stated. “Well then let’s move to the village next to us for a while until we figure out what we are going to do,” I said. “Your right lets go there now so that we know that we are safe for a little while.” As we walked to the next village I wondered why the Assyrians wanted to kill people so badly and why they took pleasure in it, but I am very grateful to even be alive right now because my best friend is lying dead somewhere in that pile of flames. I don’t look at the dead bodies, but the ones I have seen are engraved in my mind. The Assyrians are a very cruel and blood thirsty kind of people and it sickens me, but one day I will have my revenge.