The River
“Nothing was the same, really.
It was a beautiful day, with the mid-afternoon sun shining down on them, and he thought of what the problem could be, what was wrong.
It had somehow turned into one big happy camping trip.
We might as well have a cooler full of soft drinks and sandwiches, Brian thought.
They’d been at the lake three days, but it looked like they’d been there a year. The camp was squared away and neat. Derek had called in on the radio and told the world they were all... right, telling them to pass the information on to Brian’s parents—Brian thought his mother might worry if she knew about them sending the gear back. Then they had enhanced the beds and made them deep and soft with more boughs, there was enough firewood for a month, and they had made birch-bark containers to hold extra hazelnuts and berries.
They’d found blueberries and raspberries and plums.MoreLess
It was a beautiful day, with the mid-afternoon sun shining down on them, and he thought of what the problem could be, what was wrong.
It had somehow turned into one big happy camping trip.
We might as well have a cooler full of soft drinks and sandwiches, Brian thought.
They’d been at the lake three days, but it looked like they’d been there a year. The camp was squared away and neat. Derek had called in on the radio and told the world they were all... right, telling them to pass the information on to Brian’s parents—Brian thought his mother might worry if she knew about them sending the gear back. Then they had enhanced the beds and made them deep and soft with more boughs, there was enough firewood for a month, and they had made birch-bark containers to hold extra hazelnuts and berries.
They’d found blueberries and raspberries and plums.MoreLess
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There was on way the raft . It had to have come down, floated on downstream. Ihave to figure he's still alive''.Write Review:
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