Tibby was resting at the beach after a hard day’s work. He had just anchored his trawler after a week at deep sea. The fish containers were loaded onto the trucks and transported to town.
Tibby looked up the sky when he heard a loud rumbling sound coming from above. He saw dark thunder clouds roaring in anger with lightning colliding into each other. Tibby felt the earth moving beneath him and the world was spinning rapidly. He closed his eyes tightly. When he opened his eyes to peep, he saw the coconut trees moving around him. Coconuts were flung across the area. Tibby was glad that the coconuts did not hit him.
Then, all of a sudden, he felt as though he was sucked into the air. Whoosh….Tibby could feel the cold air around him. He dared not look down as the earth was swaying endlessly. Then in mid-air, he was dropped down like a ragged doll. He landed with a loud thud.
Tibby opened his eyes and found himself on the floor of his bedroom. How on earth did he make his way home? He was resting at the beach. Hmmm… As he was covered in bruises, he was taken to hospital.
Tibby was diagnosed with Vertigo. A sensation of motion or spinning dizziness.It is a condition in which a person has the sensation that they are moving or the objects around them are moving when they are not. He was given some medication and sent home to rest.
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