What can people do when natural disasters (灾难) happen? Can we stop them? No, we can’t. The only thing we can do is to clean up after the disasters.

Last year I met Mr. Flood. It started raining and _______ raining almost a month: the water on the streets got higher and higher every day. We used _____ instead of cars. We lost lots of things, including our businesses, our jobs and our homes. Schools ________ and farms were destroyed. We ran out of food and clean water. In some places the water was higher than the buildings. I felt like we lived in a(n) _______ world.

Because of the flood, lots of ______ broke out. Some people died. The soil and other things made the water become very, very _______. That was in summer time, so though it was raining, the _______ was still high. The hot weather and dirty water made the air very bad. Hospitals didn’t have enough rooms for _____.

When the flood was over, I looked around my city. The word “______” can describe the situation. Everything was destroyed and lots of people were sick, but we were very strong, I think. We had to ____ our city, take care of the sick people, and start our schools again. I just hope that one day, people can stop the natural disasters whenever they happen. After all, people are very clever.