Almost

Almost

Story It started out with a low rumbling; then there was the sound of the explosion. It seemed like the whole world was rocking and reeling under the blow of Mother Nature. The sky was filled with smoke as dark as a midnight; the ashes from the eruption were falling like snow in a winter blizzard. It seemed like the very air was heated to a temperature impossible to breath .As she pulled the air into her lungs they were scorched, and her body ached with pain. She struggled as she made her way to the shore where the boat was waiting to take her to safety. She put one foot in the boat, and then she remembered the jewels she had left at home. Blocking out the cries of her rescuers, she turned around and made her way back into the towering inferno to save the things more important to her than life. As she clutched the jewels in her hand the poisonous gases from MT Vesuvius overcame her. So close to rescue; but not close enough. Almost in the safety of the boat, then tempted away by mere wealth. WHAT WILL A MAN GIVE IN EXCHANGE FOR HIS SOUL!