its about one o'clock in the afternoon my throat is parched and i can feel the heat beating my back like an old slaver. our (my brother, his friend, and me) terrible makeshift boat (made of a large old piece of styrofoam that we found on the beach) was starting to fail. it was hard to paddle because i was being attacked by fire ants and spiders that lived inside of the “boat” which we didn't know about. so we had to abandon it, try to swim back for the shore. you are probably wondering how we got in this mess.
It all started as a family vacation to this little island that my brothers friends family owns. it was awesome they had a nice looking campground at the beach even though it was only for them. they took us to it with their boat. we set up camp right next to theirs and we started getting ready for dinner. we had steak and chips it was a great meal. after dinner we all went to bed.
the next morning i wake up really early and come out of the tent and sit next to the left over fire from last night. then i hear my brother and his friend come back from the forest from behind the camp. they say to come with them that they found something. i decided that it would be fun. i followed them into the dense forest, and there it was the rubble of a house. we searched around to see if we could see anything, but sadly there was nothing. so we moved on going deeper into the thick island jungle.
we must have walked for four hours straight hoping to find something cool, but we couldn't find anything interesting . then i looked to my brother and asked “ when are we heading back because it is getting really hot and we didn't bring any water. he looks at his friend and says “you know the way back right?”. “um no i wasnt paying attention” he says. “aw that is not what i want to hear!” i shout. “it will be ok we can find our way back.” he says. we walked around for an hour not remembering where we came from. it was official we were lost. so my brother came up with this crazy idea that we could make a makeshift boat and just sail our way around the island until we found camp. so we looked for things to make this boat. after a short search we were able to find a 10 foot long piece of styrofoam and it was big enough to fit us all on it. so we set sail.
our sail was short lived because of what you read at the beginning. so we made it back to shore and we started to just walk on the beach trying to get back. until we saw this big hill that lifted above the trees. so we decided to climb it. it was very steep so we had to use the trees growing on the hill for support. almost up the mountain i hear something snap and i hear my brother scream. i look down to see my brother down the hill gripping his leg, he had broken it and couldn't walk . so i picked him up and started carried him to the shore and decided it was dumb idea to try to do that again especially since i had to carry my brother. this was terrible, my brother broke his leg, no water, and no hope.
TO BE CONTINUED...
It all started as a family vacation to this little island that my brothers friends family owns. it was awesome they had a nice looking campground at the beach even though it was only for them. they took us to it with their boat. we set up camp right next to theirs and we started getting ready for dinner. we had steak and chips it was a great meal. after dinner we all went to bed.
the next morning i wake up really early and come out of the tent and sit next to the left over fire from last night. then i hear my brother and his friend come back from the forest from behind the camp. they say to come with them that they found something. i decided that it would be fun. i followed them into the dense forest, and there it was the rubble of a house. we searched around to see if we could see anything, but sadly there was nothing. so we moved on going deeper into the thick island jungle.
we must have walked for four hours straight hoping to find something cool, but we couldn't find anything interesting . then i looked to my brother and asked “ when are we heading back because it is getting really hot and we didn't bring any water. he looks at his friend and says “you know the way back right?”. “um no i wasnt paying attention” he says. “aw that is not what i want to hear!” i shout. “it will be ok we can find our way back.” he says. we walked around for an hour not remembering where we came from. it was official we were lost. so my brother came up with this crazy idea that we could make a makeshift boat and just sail our way around the island until we found camp. so we looked for things to make this boat. after a short search we were able to find a 10 foot long piece of styrofoam and it was big enough to fit us all on it. so we set sail.
our sail was short lived because of what you read at the beginning. so we made it back to shore and we started to just walk on the beach trying to get back. until we saw this big hill that lifted above the trees. so we decided to climb it. it was very steep so we had to use the trees growing on the hill for support. almost up the mountain i hear something snap and i hear my brother scream. i look down to see my brother down the hill gripping his leg, he had broken it and couldn't walk . so i picked him up and started carried him to the shore and decided it was dumb idea to try to do that again especially since i had to carry my brother. this was terrible, my brother broke his leg, no water, and no hope.
TO BE CONTINUED...