It was a normal sunny day in the town of Pompeii in ltaly in A.D.79. Octavio Aurelius was in the school yard with his friends. Octavio's father was in his bakery. He made bread and sold it to the people of Pompeii. Octavio's mother was at home with Octavio's sisters.
There's a high mountain near Pompeii.lt's a volcano called Mount Vesuvius On that day, there was smoke on the top of the volcano. Suddenly, there was a terrible noise. The earth thembled. The volcano erupted and lava flowed down the mountain. In minutes, there was lava in the school. Octavio Aurelius and his friends ran but the hot lava soon covered them lt covered the whole town of Pompeii and all the people who were on that terrible day.