Earthquake

At 4:30 on Saturday morning I woke up just before the light went out and I saw the room shaking. I immediately though "oh no - not an earthquake". The roof was creaking and that made me worried that the roof would fall in on top of me. Hannah, Ruth and I wear staying with friends while mum and dad went to a fancy dinner. I had learnt about earthquakes in Brownies and that you must get in the doorway or under something. So I was wondering when to get under the bed. I was worried about the girls too and did not know if I should go to them because we were in different rooms. I was worried about mum and dad too. I was so scared that I called for Bob and Lynn and then started crying. I got into their bed and Bob tried to make me laugh by making funny shadows on the roof with his torch. I felt better after talking with them a while. We felt a lot of after shocks and I kept getting worried that it was another big earthquake starting but Bob told me that you don't normally have a big earthquake soon afterwards and that these were just smaller after shocks.
Mum and Dad had sent a text to say that they were ok and ask how we were. So that made me feel better.
Hannah then woke up because of the dark and started crying. So I took the girls into my double bed and waited until Bob had the fire going. We weren't able to go back to sleep so we got up and went and sat by the fire. Lynn got water into a pot to heat on the fire but Bob then noticed a light outside had come on, so we tried the light and saw that the power was back on. I was so glad. It was nice to have a light on rather than two candles.
I was so shaken up by the earthquake that I had totally forgotten about a party I had that afternoon that I had been so excited about.
On Sunday night the wind was really strong and the sound of it made me think of the morning of the earthquake. I was lying in bed and there was a bang on my window. So I got out of bed and told Mum and Dad. Dad went outside and looked what it was. A garden chair had bashed against my window. Mum asked if I would like to sleep on the floor in the girls room. I said yes. So we set the mattress up and I was able to relax and go to sleep.
For a few nights I was scared every time I went to bed because I thought if there was another earthquake the roof might fall on top of me. But then Mum said that our house is made of wood and can give a bit more than the brick houses so it would not fall as easily. That made me feel a lot better and so I am starting to sleep better at night.