QUESTION 08 - Life in the jungle

Write a creative piece to the following prompt: Life in the jungle

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Camping trip

by anonymous

My friends Emily, Tom, Mike and I wanted to go on a camping trip in the jungle, so we decided to go on Saturday because everyone was free. I got my small yellow suitcase and packed t-shirts, pants, hat and everything we needed for the trip.

‘Ring Ring’ my phone rang at 8am. It was Emily “Are you ready to go on our trip.” I forgot that we were going and they are going to pick me up at 8:10am. I ran and put on some clothes and waited outside for the pick up truck to arrive. Finally they arrived.

‘Beep Beep’ I could hear the bus coming closer and closer. As I stepped on the bus I saw my friends all sitting at the back of the bus. I started walking. The bus looked really old. The seats were half torn and the cushion from the seats would come off there frame. “Girls on that side and boys on this side.” shouted Tom while I was still walking. I rolled my eyes and continued to walk. We played candy crush on our phones. The bus came at a sudden stop.

We had arrived at our destination. The jungle. It looked way bigger than I expected. As we walked through the woods the trees stood tall, ready to greet us and the green grass looked like a person with a bad hair day. Emily found a place that was perfect to set up our tents on. I got out my navy green coloured tent and set it up. While Tom and Mike shared a tent because Mike was scared and a owl hooting at night will make him jump and run away. Why risk that when you can share a tent. Emily on the other head had a fluro pink tent with flowers on it. She knows that we are camping right, not on a fashion show? I wanted to get the wood so I walked through the forest. Seeing all the birds and animals made my soul feel really happy.

I came back with about 19 to 20 sticks hoping it would be enough. Tom went to get some rocks to put around the sticks for the campfire. We roast some marshmallows and made smores. It got night and I was in one tent ready to sleep but I couldn’t. In Tom and Mike’s tent all the lights were one. Mike was the reason all the lights were on because he was scared. He thought that a ferocious lion will come and kill him or injury him really bad. In the other tent Emily was talking to someone on the phone really loudly. How do you even get any signal in the jungle? Finally some peace. I could finally sleep.

“Ahhhhh!” shouted someone from outside. We all went outside the tent to see what it was. Mike crawled in a ball near the came fire. “I-I-I show something in the trees.” Tom, Emily and I knew it was just Mike’s imagination. Just to make Mike know that there was nothing there we went in the forest. We walked and walked. It felt like forever and there was nothing there. We couldn’t even see any birds or squirrels. We all walked back Mike’s eyes wide open looking around to make sure nothing is coming to attack us. Tom just furious that Mike woke him up and he had to share a tent with him. Emily just started curling her hair, she was walking in front of us because she was the least sleepest one here and there’s me, half asleep but still aware of my surroundings.

“Snacks.” Emily cried while falling back on us. “There are snacks on our tent.” Tom ran to see if she was lying or not. I ran behind him while Mike was with Emily. There were snakes everywhere even on our tents. We had to get out of there as soon as possible or the snakes were going to eat us alive. Tom and I tried to get through, i’ve heard that if you don’t step on a snake or harm them you’ll be save. The snakes were everywhere. Half way through I remembered that we left them, we had left Mike and Emily. “We’ve left Mike and Emily,” I whispered to Tom. He said that he's not going to go back but he will stay here and try gathering medicine. I tiptoed back to Mike and Emily.

“Help someone help.” It sounded like Mike. Emily has been bite by a snake and it looks like she’s going to pass out. I looked around to see anything that could stop the poison from spreading into her body. I took Emily’s jumper that was lying on the floor and wrapped it around her leg. Mike and I help her get up and her one arm around my neck and the other around Mike’s neck. We walked to the tent. Now we just have to help her get across. “Do you think you can go it?” Mike asks her. Emily nods her head and we take our first step. Tom was at the other side with his phone already calling an ambulance after seeing that a snake has bit Emily. One step at a time we go.

“Hiss.” Mike stepped on a snake. All of them look at him and start slitting towards us. Running for our lives while the snakes behind us. We got near a road and waved for help. Mike was even more scared then before and Tom puffed out because he was caring Emily on her back. Finally the ambulance came and we got on it and went to the hospital. We all got a check up since we were already.

Two or three days go past and Emily is still at the hospital. We decided to go back to get our stuff. Bringing knives and medicine with us we go to get our stuff. Only Tom and I come because Mike is too afraid so he stays with Emily. The coast was clear we get our stuff and make a run for it.

A week later we are all back at my house deciding where to go next for our camping trip, but know we know where not to go. The jungle.