18.03.1977 (of Ellie’s Diary)
Dear Diary. I’m Ellie Moor. I’m sixteen years old. Newly I live in île sombre. This island is in France. My parents left me with aunt Adrienne, about three mounts ago. Through twelve years I live in Aménité. Before parents left me here, I live in Lyon. I don’t go to school. I have a home education. I don’t like it but the nearest school is very far away. Adrianne is warm and friendly women. She’s twenty-five years old. She works in Aménité from six a.m. to six p.m. . She hasn’t got a car but she has got a motorboat. Important to she can punt. We live in wooden house in seaside. Our house has got two floors. On downstairs are living room with terrace, kitchen and bathroom. Instead, on up stairs is only bedroom my aunt with balcone. In attic is my room. It is beautiful balcone with flowers. From my room is the amazing sea view. Oh, I almost forgot, we have got there a big beautiful garden. Great garden is my favorite place, because it is very three-dimensional, it is possible to be cooled under tree, but distribute basin lat, tent or oversleep on hammock. There water mesh and swing are placed too. There I like to rest. Two kilometers away is a town Aménité. We do grociery shopping there twice a week. In Aménité live four hundert people. Children and young people learn with home. Usually their parents organise trip and joint meeting. The weather always is nice i.e. it is warm and sunny.
I see golden, pleasantly warm, smooth sand laying all over, constituting the border between the land and water. The sea itself is a boundless water region. Its surface is continuously ruffled by the wind, forming delicate waves that splash against the shore with a mild hum. It's a vast, deep blue space extending itself right to the furthest point of the horizon. Also, for ages did poets sing the praises of the view of a sunset by the sea. I remember warm pink, red and orange sky with a giant ginger shiny ball sinking in the mildly waving sparkling water. Everybody keeps stating that it is one of the most beautiful views you can possibly dream of. I love this place.
