Personal Narrative-Something In The Smoke

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Something in the smoke
The forest fires have finally forced me to evacuate my beloved home. It felt weird strange; all of us heading into the smoke (because that was the only way out…) and their cars would just putter, and…just stop. However my car, brand new, and full of gas; was just passing all the other stopped cars. But as I got further in, new cars started piling up. Some had broken windshields and some had crushed doors. It all looked like a massive pileup on the high way. But all of a sudden, my car started to putter. My heart stopped. Another putter. My face grew pale. A final putter and a trudging stop. I gave the ignition another go. Nothing. Luckily I had my tool case, and I went to check the engine, see if I could Coax it working.

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Personal Narrative Rhiannon

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