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Finding our parents

“AHHHHH”! My sister screams as we fall into the icy depths of the river.

The greenish, dull seaweed is blinding me so I can’t see where we’re going so I just say “don’t worry just stay calm and it will be ok”.  I am 3 years and 5 months older then my sister (Charlotte) but we are about the same size, my Father said that it doesn’t matter because i’m smaller so the farmer won’t want to shoot and eat me.

It’s been over a hour since we first fell into the water but it has felt like a week! I just hope that we do wash up on shore soon because other wise we might be in the water for days!. Then suddenly we feel a huge BUMP! Yes, I thought we finally hit land, but the bad thing is where are we?

Charlotte is the first to get up and gallop around then I get up but I don’t look as goofy as she does. “YAY” she shouts “we’re alive”! “Yea but how are we going to stay alive”? I ask cautiously.

“That’s easy Dad told us all we need to know how to stay alive in the woods so we should be fine”. She has a point, last year Dad taught us all the things he knew about staying alive in the woods, so I feel a bit better.“And Mum told us how to always follow the river”, she continues like she doesn’t ever know that i’m silent, but again she is right (Charlotte: 2, Me: 0) we live by a river on a farm so we just follow the river we will find our way home again easy peasy, I hope…

Over a week has past and so far we’ve been doing pretty well with this whole ‘trying to stay alive in the woods’ thing. Charlotte is starting to bug me though because she hasn’t stopped TALKING! Then out of the blue this huge cage comes down on us with a sudden THUD! Now we’re trapped from the outside world.

I see us being heaved into a truck and then we start driving. The river starts getting further and further away and I mutter “there goes our chance to get home”, but little did I know something shocking was just right round the corner.

There’s a sudden stop and we slide forward in the cage so we’re pushed up against the cage door. I try to look out but Charlotte is in the way. I can hear all kinds of different animals and i’m puzzled. I thought we were taken away from the woods? “Mummy Daddy”! My sister yelled excitedly. Now i’m even more confused. I am grateful when we are let out of the cage I sprint out only to be steared at lovingly by... My parents? “Hi James I see you’ve grown”, My Mum says calmly like she has not just been reunited with her son and daughter that have been away from her for TWO MONTHS! “Um.. Hi”, I answer “How”. But i’m cut of “Don’t worry about all the things that just happened, just let me explain. There was a plan to see if you could survive in the woods”, my Dad explained to me. “WHAT”! I scream. So that was all a plan! “Yea”, exclaimed Charlotte.

“You knew as well”! I’m so confused. My Dad continues, “We didn’t want to send you alone so we sent Charlotte with you, and it was all planned to have them capture you and bring you here to meet us”.

“Oh my gosh”, I say,

Now I get it.

By Hannah Jones