A Moonlight Excursion

A Moonlight Excursion

Essay Writing about Uses Of A Moonlight Excursion By Alifye

     We a party of five boys, all intimate friends, decided to go up a hill side on a moonlit night. After taking our evening meals we gathered near Dilkusha Hotel, from where we went to an adjoining hill.

     As we began to go up. the moon was shedding its silvery beams and a calm atmosphere prevailed all round. In the perfect stillness, we did not utter a word... so enchanted we were by the fascinating beauty of the moon and the few stars that winked here and there in the clear blue sky! Slowly and gradually, we reached the top of the hill. The scenic beauty here was all the more charming and captivating. As far as the eye could reach, nothing but green verdure could be seen. Not a blade of grass stirred to break the spell of the prevailing silence. 

     We sat down on green grass. A light breeze sprang up. Soon specks of clouds began to appear in the sky and lo! the moon was hidden behind the clouds. Soon after, it reappeared with glorious brightness. It was indeed a sight worth beholding. We sat quietly for some minutes and seemed to be imbibing deep from the lap of mother nature.

     After resting a while we began to move about. We observed pine trees and collected wild flowers and wild berries. We had hardly gone about a mile or so when Arshad wanted us not to proceed any further. lest we should come across a wild beast. So we retraced our baskets of fruit and cold drinks. We enjoyed them and lay down to rest. Our games, stories and singing went far into the night. Then sleep overcame us, and all with my solitary exception. were lulled to sleep Call me a cowardly fellow if you will, I could not have wink of sleep a strange fear haunted me!

     It must have been past midnight when I heard a rustling sound coming towards us. I was all ears. It got nearer and nearer. A heavy breathing sound was clearly audible.I at once thought. it was a bear. I raised an alarm. My companions were up all at once. Amjad had taken good care to bring his gun. He at once loaded it. The wild beast for all our shouting and screaming was heading straight towards us. Amjad fired and the bear lay down in a heap.

     Sleep forsook us now. In fact we did not have the courage to sleep. So we decided to have a bit of boating in the lake below. We went on paddling for some time. Amjad who is an expert angler. threw his line in the crystal clear water of the lake. Fortune did not seem to dawn there were some movements in the still water. Soon there was tugging and pulling. Amjad whisspered to observe complete silence. We held our breaths as it were. and watched him with keen interest. The fish was a very big one and it made frantic efforts to escape. Amjad struggled for a long time and at long last succeeded in landing the fish It weighed twenty pounds.

     Now we paddled back the boat to the bank. We enjoyed the sight of the rising sun and returned home cold and tired and were glad to get to bed.