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Nichole Schultz ¾ B 11-20-09 Lost in the Jungle

“Stop spazzing out Timmy!” Pierce yelled, “Your over reacting!!” he yelled again. “Well EXCUSE me for being freaked out in a situation like this!” Timmy sassed back. “Both of you stop it right now!” Patrice told them, “To fix this everyone needs to work together and remain CALM” she finished. Ugh, I thought to myself. What else could go wrong today? If Timmy and Pierce don’t stop fighting soon we will never make it out of this tropical jungle. Plus its Pierces fault we are lost, if he didn’t have to go to the bathroom, then Fon Li, (our tour guide), wouldn’t have had to go off the path to get him ,Then Fon Li would never have gotten hit in the head with a coconut and we wouldn’t of had to go get him. “You guys….” I started. “We need to start thinking of ways to get out we can’t just sit here and hope someone will find us.” I said “She’s right” Patrice agreed. “How about I lead everyone out?” she suggested. “Or how about you don’t lead us out” Timmy said. “Pierce and I will lead us out with our COD6 skills.” He said sternly. “I could care less who LEADS us out as long as we can get out!” I added. So we started making our way out only stopping to listen to the occasional complaint about how much someone’s feet hurt. It went on like that for about an hour, until it started raining. “Are you kidding me?” Timmy asked to no one in particular. “Oh come on Tim, it’s just a drizzle!” Patrice replied. “But it’s not making carrying Fon Li any easier!” Pierce said. BOOM! Went the sky and then there was a CRACK! As if the sky had a bull whip. “Did anyone else here that?” I asked and they nodded right as it started pouring rain harder than I have ever seen! Now it was a complete thunder storm. “Umm, I don’t think we can go any further.” Timmy stated sadly. “Why?” Patrice asked. “Come look for yourselves.” Timmy replied. Right in front of us was a 30 foot drop-off leading to a raging river and the only way to get across would be the vine that is conveniently strung right across the river. “Well, we kind of have to cross it…”I commented. “Yeah, she’s right, see right across there is the sign that leads us out.” Pierce agreed. “But how will we get Fon Li across?” Timmy asked. “I will carry him.” Pierce answered. “Okay but I get to go first, then Nichole, then Pierce, then Patrice.” Timmy commanded. “K” we all replied. It looked like a scene straight out of an Indiana Jones movie. The rocks jutting out in all different shades of gray and the moss on the rocks that hung on to them with a death grip not wanting to fall into the jagged white blue and black rapids of the river that lived in between the rocks. Timmy decided to monkey crawl across the vine, crying out in pain every grip because there were thorns in the vine. Now it’s my turn to go I decided to monkey crawl just as Timmy had. The vine was getting weak, I could tell by how on either side it was tearing. I finally made it across with just a leap away from safety when I slipped off and fell. Luckily I caught myself on the edge and pulled myself up. Pierce was starting to worry about how he will make it across without dropping Fon Li. So he decided to tie Fon Li on his back with a rope. Pierce did what we all did, monkey crawl. But it was different for him because he had a passenger. Only dropping Fon Li a couple times but then catching him Pierce made it across with no problems. Patrice looked as if she could go to the bathroom in her pants. She started her way doing the monkey crawl but the vine was getting weaker. All of us waiting on the other side could hear the snapping of the vine. Finally the vine gave in and Patrice went swinging like Tarzan only she was screaming as if she were in a haunted house. She swung and fell off grabbing the edge on the other side. She was slipping, finger by finger plucking off but just as she started to fall Pierce reached for her hoisting her up but then he started to slip and I grabbed him. Patrice got up just as Fon Li woke up. As we were making are way up the trail the search crew that the company had sent out to look for us saw us and brought us to the safety of the van.