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Christina Schaefer♥
10/14/2008
Alone in the woods..

I never imagined being alone in the woods, but now I would just have to survive on my own until they find me.
I had just been separated from my hiking group about an hour ago. I was getting really thirsty and stopped by a lake to get some water to drink and take a short rest. I ended up taking a long nap. I woke up and found my self still right by the lake, shocked at first. I quickly got up; as I was looking around for my hiking group I finally realized that my group had left me alone! Many thoughts were running through my head at this time. How could they just leave me alone like this? How am I going to get back home? What am I going to eat? As I was starting to settle down I grabbed my backpack and headed toward a big tree. It was starting to get dark, and I was really tired so I decided to go to sleep.
In the morning I woke up to a bird peeking at my head. Shooing it away I noticed something in a bush a few feet away. As I got closer I noticed that the thing in the bush was a map. Excited I graded the map and read it. According to the map it said that there was a main highway around seven miles away. As fast I could possibly run I grabbed my bag, went to the lake got a big jug of water, and took of.
A few hours have passed and I’m so close to being in town. Just a few more steps and ill be in town. I learned my lesson to never take a quick stop during a long hick or I may never make it through like I did this time. I am very lucky.