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Traino and Livia were running down the street to the theater, then Mount Vesuvius started to rumble, the sky was turning black, by the smoke and the birds were heading the wrong way. They ran straight to the boats and hopped in one, they soon fell asleep. Tranio and Livia woke up on the boat and the sky was still black. They saw that they were headed straight toward Mount Vesuvius, they were starting to get scared. It was starting to get a little lighter, the boat stopped, at the bay of Mount Vesuvius.

They hopped out of the boat, walked toward Mount Vesuvius, then it started to rumble. They both said “Rumble down, tumble down, here we go again.” It started to rumble more the closer they walked to Mount Vesuvius. They saw magma shooting

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