Nathen had been laying in the pit for three days, he drifted in and out of sleep, it was so uncomfortable in the pit, with the chill in the air
at night, he wondered just how long he could survive.
He had only live insects to eat that happened to be
in the pit, or that happened to wander in. Luckily
it had rained, so he was able to take some water,
as it fell into his mouth, but with the cold and the wet, he was starting to feel ill, his whole
body ached. Each time he drifted off to sleep, he
started hallucinating.
He imagined he saw a big giant eagle, flying overhead, it was calling, squawking, 'was this real?' he thought to himself, 'could it be the
eagle knew he was there?' he called to the eagle
for help, but as he did it disappeared. He did not
know what was real, or what was his imagination.
Without fire or shelter, he knew he would die, or
so he thought. 'Did people come this way, if they
did, would they be friendly?' he thought.
'Where were his family, were they safe?' so many
questions going through his mind.
To be continued ........
Comments
Silver Spun Sand | March 30, 2011 - 11:58
Another exciting episode, Jenny. Enjoyed. Keep up the good work;-)
Tina
skinner_jennifer | March 30, 2011 - 12:03
Thankyou so much Tina, your reading this, keeps me
going.
Thanks again.
Jenny.
oldpesky | March 30, 2011 - 12:58
Hi Jenny. I've finally caught up with this series and now looking forward to what happens next. Good work.
pinda | March 30, 2011 - 14:33
Trying to work out how he'll make it out alive :)
Another great chapter, keep up the good work.
X
Pinda
skinner_jennifer | March 30, 2011 - 15:25
Hi there Oldpesky,
I'm very grateful to you for reading this long story,
I hope you enjoy the rest as much as I'm enjoying
writing it.
Thankyou so much for the great comment.
Jenny.
skinner_jennifer | March 30, 2011 - 15:27
Hi Pinda,
you are such a star, I really am happy that you are
still enjoying this story.
Thankyou for reading and the lovely comment.
Jenny.
SteveM | March 30, 2011 - 17:03
I'd starve if I had to eat live insects.
Poor Nathen, it's really not his day. Looking forward to part 12.
Steve
skinner_jennifer | March 31, 2011 - 08:54
Hi Steve,
you made me laugh this morning, first laugh of the
day. Thankyou for the great comment do you know what?
I think I agree with you about the insects.
Thanks for reading.
Jenny.
well-wisher | April 12, 2011 - 17:00
Theres something very cinematic about your writing with lots of striking visual images like the hallucinatory eagle.
This is a good cliff hanger. I like the way you try to pack lots of action into every chapter. You never write a dull chapter.
skinner_jennifer | April 12, 2011 - 17:05
I really love your comments, well-wisher they really
mean a lot to me.
Thankyou again.
Jenny.
Kahdai | June 13, 2011 - 13:33
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