Amy'sgrandparentsliveinCanada.TheyarevisitingAmynow.Amy'sgrandpacrieswhenhereadsabouttheTaiwanearthquake.HisbrotherwasattheSanFranciscoearthquakein1906.HeistellingAmyaboutit.
MyparentslivedinasmallvillageinChina.Alongtimeagoeveryoneinthevillagewastalkingabout‘theGoldMountain’--SanFrancisco.MyuncletoldmyfatherthathewantedtomovetoAmerica.In1904myfathergavehimsomemoneyandhewentonashiptoAmericawithmybrother.
MyuncleandmybrotherstartedworkingasfactoryworkersinSanFrancisco.LifewasnoteasybutAmericawastheirdream.Thenonedayaterriblethinghappened.ItwasanearlymorninginApril1906.Theywerestillsleepingathome.MyunclefeltslightshakingbuthedidnotgetupatonceasSanFranciscohadsmallearthquakeseverysummer.Afterafewsecondsapowerfulearthquakehappened.Thewindowscracked.Hewokemybrotherup.Thentheyranoutoftheirflat.
Myunclesaideveryoneinthebuildingwasfrightenedandscreamed.Everyonewasrunningoutofthebuilding.Somepeoplewereshouting‘Calmdown!’butnoonelistened.Soonmyunclewasinthestreet.Helookedbesidehimbuthecouldnotfindmybrother.Hetriedtogetbackintothebuildingbuteveryonewasgettingout.
Sevenhundredpeoplediedintheearthquake.Iknowmybrotherwasoneofthem.Hewastrappedinsidethebuilding.WhenIlieawakeinbedIalwaysthinkabouthim.Hedidnotsurvivetheearthquake.
AmywantstowriteanarticleabouttheSanFranciscoearthquakefortheschoolnewsletter.Readwhatshethinks.WriteaTifthesentenceistrue.WriteanFifitisfalse.