Quang Vu
ENG 101-104
Mr. Neuburger
March 1, 2013
Descriptive
Essay
“The
Trip to the Countryside”
On a vacation to my
mother’s country when I was twelve years old, it was my first time to go the
country. I had never seen a real river with the trees or grasslands on two
sides of the river. It was so dreamlike that I want to live there to look at
that every day of my life. On one side of the river, it was my grandparent’s
garden. The smell of the garden was brought by the wind; the whistle was caused
by the wind and the grasses on the other side of the river, and the voices of
the birds were so amazing.
The smell of the summer
made all the grasses fresher and wealthier. The wind blew a little bit that
made all the trees and grasses like dancing in the rhythm of it lyric. Standing
in the middle of the garden made me felt like I was a part of our nature. The
sun lighted the river, and the river becomes brighter like a diamond with the
sparkles waves. The wind also flew away the hot of the summer and brought the
water vapor from the river to everyone in town. Every time when I felt tired, I
would take the hammock to the garden and set it next to the river to take a
little nap, so it would relax my body and made me feel comfortable.
In the afternoon,
setting on a pear tree and looking to the river, it was a quite surface of the
river. Some waves started appearing when the wind blew up. If the wind stronger
the waves would move heavier. There was a big farmland of my uncle in the other
side. He doesn’t do anything for his land, so the only grasses grew up and took
over his land. Combining the sound of the winds with the tall grasses over the
river, the whistle sometimes was made. It started then stopped, started the
stopped like a song was playing in an old reader, and it reduced the beautiful
and lovely of the song. I grabbed the pear that was in my arm reach tried to
reach a star-fruit on the next tree. Looing all around the garden, it still had
mango, jack fruit, coconut tree, melon-tree, guava tree and custard apple tree.
It didn’t have my favorite fruit which is the durian, but there still was the
papaya. After finishing the pear and the star-fruit, I look a high chair to
stand on under the coconut. I was tried to get one coconut down and cutting the
head of the coconut off, I put the straw in and drink it. It cooled my body
down after staying under the sun for a whole afternoon. Climbing on the tallest
tree in the garden which was the mango tree to watch the sunset, it was so
amazing that the sky changing in color. It turned from blue into yellow then
orange to darker and darker and black finally. Night time took over the garden,
and all the tree looked like they were tired after spending all day to play
with me. They started to sleep to be ready for the next active day.
Early
in the morning, there were so many birds that they competed with their voices.
They sang too loud that would wake everyone up to start a new day. I woke up
and ran to the garden to see how it looks in the morning. It was so wonderful!
A cool air breathed next to my whole body got more strength to have fun for all
day long. I grabbed a finish rod and dug to get more worms to go fishing. I sat
next to the bridge that connected to my uncle’s land and started put the worm
into the hook. The time went so fast that I didn’t recognize. Suddenly, three
hours were passed and I got several catfishes and ready to bring the fish back
to my grandparents to make for lunch.
I
only spend three days weekends in my country, and I haven’t been there later.
But the senses of my country always stayed in my mind. It starts from my eyes,
my ears, my noses, and my taste through my skin. I had been sticking to my body
for long time. And I never forget it, it was a great trip that I had in my
memory. I hope one day in future I’ll be there to experience my mother hometown
the second time.
