1.4 creative writing

Summer at Four Square

• Time frame – summer during the day
• :scenery colours /smells/ tastes/textures/sounds – bright fun summer colours, noises dry hot air cooler in than out
• what is happening – waves of people
• a person or creature present in the scene
• other details –

winter at four square

• time frame – winter during the day
• scenery colours/smells/tastes/textures/sounds/ – cold freezing dark colours the door constantly opening
• what is happening – dead silent waiting

English 1.4

Summer and Winter at Four Square

Summer, 6.30 am in the shop. Outside it’s light. Golden sun comes over the hill beginning to scorch the all ready dead grass. All is silence, the calm before the storm. Waves of people start to come to gather food and drinks for their picnics and bbq dinners. Cheerful kids in their colourful togs picking and choosing their ice creams. Wet vinyl from the lake swimmers, tightly wrapped in their vibrant beach towels. Then sprinting like cheetahs over the scorching pavement. Outside the air is hot humid. Inside the shop is cool refrigerated air. The buzzing noise, like insects in the forest, becomes louder as more customers come in. They impatiently wait in line chatting about their upcoming summer plans. Music from the radio is barely able to be heard. My friends waiting in line finally get to my checkout. Dad lurks around corners keeping an eye on everyone, people watching. The smell of freshly baked bread wafts through the shop.

When winter comes, it is silent, dark and cold. One customer has come through the checkout. Everyone stays inside close to their fires to keep warm. Rising sun hits the glistening snow making the hills glow golden. Snow drapes the ridges of the mountain. Customers in their ski gear come to get their skiing lunches. Loud murmurs of different languages escape into the cold air. Late morning, excited children in their sports uniforms come to buy hot food to warm up. Woollen hats pulled down over their ears, huddling into each other like penguins. They chit chat about their game that they just won or lost. Rushes of people come. Their cold breath emerging from their mouths like a smoker. The coughing and sniffling of customers is an indication that cold and flu season has arrived. Hot chocolates, cough lollies and tissues fly off the shelves. We patiently wait for summer to come again.