For the people near
Mount Merapi—a volcano
in Indonesia—Monday,
October 25, 2010 started like
every other day. People got up.
Th ey went to school and work. Like
many other days, smoke and ash1 came out of the volcano. Before this, scientists2
told the people near the mountain to leave their homes. However, they didn’t want
to leave. Th at morning, the volcano was worse. Th e scientists again told people to
leave their homes. Th is time the people
went to a safe place.