Read this paragraph. Rewrite it on the next page, adding lively verbs and verbals, concrete nouns and colorful adjectives and adverbs.
At down we followed a channel of the Cook River westward toward Pirimapun. Around us
were grasslands, palms, and sago thickets with lots of egrets, ducks, and geese. We scared them
when we passed. Above we saw fruit bats flying south like someone controlled them. They were
tired. Now they would hide their heads inside their wings and sleep all day.