Caught in a Storm

When I was a kid,I always thought that lightning and thunder means the end to the world as the sound of it was very horrifying.I remember when I was in my grandmother's house,there was a heavy storm.Heavy rain pouring down and I was sleeping on the sofa.Suddenly,there was a very loud thunder,it was so loud that it could wake the dead.

I jumped out of my bed crying and screaming.My mother and my uncle came into the living room to see what is wrong.When my mother saw me crying hardly and she trys to calm me down but it was futile.My uncle was standing beside my thinking about what can he do to help me stop crying.All of the sudden,he ran to his room and took out his CD player.He put in the ear piece and put it in my ear.He increase the volume and I cannot hear any thunder or lighting except the music that the CD is playing and I stopped crying.After that,when there is thunder or lighting,I will listen to the CD player which calm me down.

As I grow up,I was not afraid of thunder and lighting anymore.Thinking back when I was a small kid who was afraid of thunder and lighting really sounds quite stupid to me now.