Personal Narrative: My Trip To The State Fair

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As we drove towards the fair I looked down at my arms and they were covered with rigid goosebumps. My legs were shaking and I could not get them to stop. A trip to the State Fair was not how I wanted to spend my 7th Birthday, but I didn’t really have any choice. I couldn’t tell anyone I was afraid of fair rides or that I have never rode any before that would be an embarrassing conversation. Every 10 seconds we would run over a puddle of water in the road and it would splash up on the tinted windows. Every time it happens I jump; I am really on edge. We were getting closer to the Fair and I could see the tallest and scariest ride there. I watched it travel back and forth, every time it gained more momentum until it went around in a full circle. I knew they would make me ride it even if I was throwing up they would still drag me on.
As we pulled in to the parking lot my friends screamed in excitement while I was trembling in fear. The rain that beat down on the ill-maintenanced fair rides was heavy as the …show more content…

I figured this would be the only way to absolve myself of fear. The ride was empty and it was my time to step up and experience what everyone saw as entertaining and I just see as dreadful. I steeped on to the rusty metal and made my way down the side of the ride. I passed a seat that was coated in vomit; so I had no other choice but to sit in the front. My friends came and sat behind me after someone cleaned up the vomit. Realizing I could have sat there filled me with envy. Butterflies filled my stomach and my heart was beating so fast it felt like my chest was going to explode. I looked down at my seatbelt and it didn’t seem very durable, but at least there was a rusty barred door on the side to keep me from falling out of the capsule. I clicked my seatbelt closed and pulled the belt as tight as I could and I held the handle bars so tight my hand started to pulsate and turn

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