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Chapter 1.
One day I decided to ring my friends James, Richard, Sean and Niall. I
asked them if they wanted to go on a camping trip with me. They all said
"yes". By the way my name is Eoin and I am 11 years old. I like going
on adventures. We decided to go up into the forest. We were going for
a long weekend. I was to bring a small gas barrel - we needed this to
cook and to boil water. Sean and James were to bring food like cereal,
sausages, rashers, milk, sweets, crisps and fruit, and Richi was to bring
plates, knives, forks and pans. The day of the trip came and it was nice
and sunny. I made sure I had everything, especially the tent. We had to
walk about 3 miles to the camping field. James and Richi were falling
down with tiredness. The field was huge, green and full of colorful flowers.
We set up camp right beside a ditch so there was a lot of shelter. We
each got a job. Mine was to light the fire. James and Sean did the cooking
and washed the dishes. Richard was in charge of inside the tent and Niall
was in charge of collecting sticks I helped him with that. After setting
up the camp Niall and I went off and gathered lots of sticks, enough for
the whole week. I lit the fire and we told each other ghost stories and
ate marshmallows. At about 11 o clock we got into our sleeping bags. That
night I had a dream that wolves ate us all. I thought it was stupid. I
woke up and heard a noise. At first I thought it was Richi letting off
but then I saw a shadow. I got a knife and walked outside. Next thing
I saw a horse so I tied it up against a tree until the morning. Then I
realized that it was the horse that let off.
Chapter 2
When we woke up the horse was there. We let him graze the field. He seemed
happy with us. We brought him for a walk, in the woods. We came to a clearing
and decided it was a good place for a game of football. The only problem
was that there was a small cliff nearby. Richi ran near the cliff and
Niall passed the ball to him and Richi slipped and fell a few feet. He
hurted his leg. We carried him back to the tent and I took out my first
Aid Kit and I put spray on his leg. He said he felt better. The day was
not over. We still had lots of games to play. We played hide & seek first.
Then we played tip the can. It was great fun and after the games we were
all very tired and hungry. James and Sean cooked beans and sausages. After
dinner we helped James and Sean to wash the dishes. I lit the fire. Niall
had brought a book and he read it to us. We also ate marshmallows. We
fell asleep at about midnight.
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CHAPTER 3
The next day it was very cloudy. We went for a walk anyway. We came
to a cave. We crept in. It looked cool. There were lots of stalagmites
and stalactites in the cave. It was very dark and long. We could hear
water. James, Sean and Niall started running around and shouting. Niall
took out a ball and we all kicked it around. Suddenly rocks started
to fall around us. We had to dodge the rocks. If we didn't we would
have been killed. There was lots of dust around. When it settled there
was no light or no way out. We realized that we were trapped! James
had a cut leg and bruised arm. I had a cut leg and arm. A rock was after
falling on my leg but I was O.K. I had to be helped around by Richi
who was A O.K. Sean and Niall had lots of bruises all over. We were
stuck in the cave. Richi was going mad being cooped up like that. The
time was 5 o clock. We searched our pockets to see what food we had.
We had a sandwich, a bar of chocolate, some penny sweets and a drink
of orange. We divided everything 5 ways. Luckily for us we were alive.
The cave was dark, damp and huge. One bit of the cave glittered like
little stars. It was amazing. During the next few days we thought we
were going to die. Two days later Richi went off exploring. He heard
water. It was near him. He found an under ground spring and he drank
lots of water from it. Then he came back and told us there was water.
We struggled to get to the stream. Niall had to be carried to the stream
because he was dehydrated. When we drank the water we felt a lot better.
We were still weak.
Chapter 4
Back home someone rang the police to report 5 missing people because
we were 3 days late. The head of the station sent out a search party
of 4 policemen, lots of volunteers and a helicopter to the area that
we were camping in. There were a few ambulances standing by. Back in
the cave Niall passed out because he was so weak. I nearly passed out
as well. Suddenly we heard some voices outside the cave. So we started
screaming and shouting for our lives. The people outside heard us. We
were saved! All I saw was black and rocks. I heard an ambulance outside
and a digger. The digger dug out the big rocks. I heard some big thumps.
Suddenly I was blinded by the sun. I was overjoyed when the sun blinded
me because I knew the people were in the cave. Lots of people ran in
to help us. Niall was first to hospital because he was unconcscious.
Richi went with him. James, Sean and I shared an ambulance together.
I was a bloody mess. We were in hospital for 2 days. When we came out
of hospital we were all bandaged up. Even though it was a terrifying
experience thankfully none of us were seriously injured. The lesson
to be learned is to be more careful around caves and old buildings.
THE END
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