The monsoon flood/ summary

 THE MONSOON 
 FLOOD        

The author woke up to the sound of water lapping against her house. Through the door where the rice fields used to be. Because over night the river had Brocken it's bank. Her mother gathered up clothes, blankets and food. They ran to the temple where it would be safe. Waterways coming through the door. "Maung!" Her mother called. She pointed to the rice pot. It's floating away. A sudden swirl snatches it away. She leaps after it. She can hear her mother calling. She takes another swing. She missed. She could feel her feet getting swept away. A brunch pokes her in the back. She grabs it. She hoists her self onto the trunk. She can see a bush covered island. She uses her hand to paddle and to stair. She bumps into a island. She leaps off. "It feels good to be on hard ground" she says. An island is only 1 meter away. The rain started to rain again. The river rises much more. She runs up and down trying to find something to use as a raft because her trunk has been swept away. Se knows her mother will be worrying. I hope my little sister is safe. She had a sudden picture of her mother praying to lord Buddha. She see's an island quite close. I know I can swim across. "Might there be village among the trees" she says. She starts yelling "help". No one answers. Shouting some more. All she can hear is sounds of rivers and lakes. She gives another yell for help, more like a whale really. She shouts again. "Help ,help". She gazes at the opposite bank. Something moves. As an elephant breaks out of the forest and looks across to a island where the girl was. I jump and wave yelling "over here". The elephant rises it's trunk and trumpets buldy as if it was answering her. She could tell it was a female because it had no tusks. The elephant picks her up and goes stoping back into the forest. She could tell the elephant knew where it was going.