<span>After my hard and busy school year my summer holidays <u>began</u> (Past
Simple Active). I <u>felt</u> (Past Simple Active) happy when hard and busy
school year <u>finished</u> (Past Simple Active) and summer holidays <u>began</u>
(Past Simple Active). I <u>started</u> (Past
Simple Active) to plan a lot of wonderful things to do during my summer
vocation.
I <u>was dreaming</u> (Past Continuous Active) about visiting far south
countries I always <u>wanted</u> (Past Simple Active) to visit. For example, I <u>dreamed</u>
(Past Simple Active) to visit, Greece islands or Spanish beaches. But I <u>had
to go</u> (Past Simple Active) to the Azov Sea seaside with my parents. The
water <u>was</u> very <u>warm</u> (Past Simple Active) there, because the Sea
of Azov <u>isn't deep</u>. (Present Simple Active) There <u>were</u> (Past Simple
Active) different kinds of entertainments there. Best of all I <u>liked</u> (Past
Simpe Active) water scooters and discos.
There <u>was</u> (Past Simple Active) nothing to do all day except taking
sunbathes and swimming. I <u>was playing</u> (Past Continuous Active) with my
little sister on the sand and <u>taught</u> (Past Simple Active) her to swim.
Later, I <u>returned</u> (Past Simple Active) home and <u>spent</u> (Past
Simple Active) some time there going out with my friends, reading, listening to
the music, watching TV and playing computer games. After that I <u>went</u> (Past
Simple Active) to the sport camp where I <u>spent</u> (Past Simple Active) twenty
days with my friends.
It <u>was</u> very <u>useful experience</u> (Past Simple Active) for us,
because we <u>had to get up</u> (Past Simple Active) very early, to train a
lot. But it <u>made</u> (Past Simple Active) us stronger and healthier.
I <u>was</u> very <u>happy</u> (Past Simple Active) to return home and to spend
several days in my summer cottage, where I <u>had</u> (Past Simple Active) a
rest helping my grandfather to dig the garden, to irrigate plants and to gather
fruit and vegetables. I <u>was fishing</u> (Past Continuous Active) with my
grandfather sometimes and we <u>cooked</u> (Past Simple Active) our fish
together.
Only insects <u>were spoiling</u> (Past Continuous Active) my good humour. I <u>was
enjoying</u> (Past Continuous Active) floating in the boat, swimming and
helping my grandparents.
During my summer holidays I <u>made</u> (Past Simple Active) new friends, <u>read</u>
(Past Simple Active) a lot of interesting books, <u>knew</u> (Past Simple
Active) many useful things. Now, I <u>feel</u> (Present Simple Active) ready to
get back to school.
I <u>am happy</u> (Present Simple Active) to meet my school friends and
teachers.</span>
The earliest report of a monster in the vicinity of Loch Ness appears in the Life of St. Columba by Adomnán, written in the sixth century AD (year 565). According to Adomnán, writing about a century after the events described, Irish monk Saint Columba was staying in the land of the Picts with his companions when he encountered local residents burying a man by the River Ness. They explained that the man was swimming in the river when he was attacked by a "water beast" which mauled him and dragged him underwater. Although they tried to rescue him in a boat, he was dead. Columba sent a follower, Luigne moccu Min, to swim across the river. The beast approached him, but Columba made the sign of the cross and said: "Go no further. Do not touch the man. Go back at once." The creature stopped as if it had been "pulled back with ropes" and fled, and Columba's men and the Picts gave thanks for what they perceived as a miracle.
Believers in the monster point to this story, set in the River Ness rather than the loch itself, as evidence for the creature's existence as early as the sixth century. Sceptics question the narrative's reliability, noting that water-beast stories were extremely common in medieval hagiographies and Adomnán's tale probably recycles a common motif attached to a local landmark. According to sceptics, Adomnán's story may be independent of the modern Loch Ness Monster legend and became attached to it by believers seeking to bolster their claims. According to R. Binns, this account is the most credible of the early sightings of the monster; all other claims before 1933 are dubious and do not prove a tradition of sightings before that date.
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