“Should we go in the jungle?” wondered Dylan.
“Yes but we need to be careful,” said Allison sternly.
As soon as they all stepped into the jungle it was as if they had stepped into cold darkness. Dylan was at the front leading the way, ducking under vines and sharp branches that hung down from the old trees. Toucans and other colourful birds were scattered around the jungle, hiding in hollows of the trees. Tripping on the old curled roots that were bursting through the surface of the ground they continued to walk through the thick bush.
“We need to build a hut,” Lucas called out to the others.
“First we need to collect sticks and moss,” commented Allison.
Dylan and Allison were looking for sticks and Lucas and Olivia were looking for moss. After about ten minutes they had collected enough sticks and moss to make a hut and the only light was the faint sunlight that went behind the trees.
“We need something sharp to tie the sticks together,” commented Lucas.
“I’ll go find something sharp,” replied Dylan
Dylan went in among the Cedar trees searching the ground for a sharp stick. After about ten minutes of looking Dylan finally found a sharp stick. Once he found it he went to cut the vines that hung down from the towering trees.
“Finally, what took you so long,” called out Olivia as she curled up by a huge rock.
“I thought that I should get the vines so we didn’t have to do two trips,” said Dylan.
“Let’s start making the hut,”
“It’s so cold,” chattered Allison, her knees up to her chest and her arms wrapped around her knees
“We need to make a fire,” whispered Olivia shivering violently.
Five minutes later there was the sound of the crackling fire and everyone was warming up their hands huddled together.
“Luckily our jackets dried,” said Lucas gladly.
“So glad that we finished the hut before it got dark,” commented Allison.
“It is not the best but it will have to do for now,” replied Olivia.
The moon was shining brightly down on the water making it glisten in the soft light. It was late and everyone was too tired to eat so they went to bed. Everyone went to bed huddled up together in the tiny hut they made. They only got about five hours of sleep.
“I didn’t sleep very well,” groaned Olivia, stretching her back and arms.
“ Me neither,” chimed in Allison quietly.
“Or us,” Lucas and Dylan murmured together sleepily.
“What are we going to do for food,” Dylan asked worriedly.
“We have to find some or we will starve,” replied Allison
“We will find some,” said Lucas reassuringly.
After about 30 mins of searching through the thick foliage Olivia called out “I found something, I found some berries,”
There right in front of them were blackberries growing on the long thorny vines. Everyone came rushing to where Olivia was and started picking the berries and eating them.
“STOP!” cried Olivia, we need the berries to last for lunch and tea and tomorrow.
“You’re right,” choughed Dylan as he nearly choked because of his mouth full of berries.
After picking the blackberries and putting them in Dylan’s hood from his jacket they walked back to where they slept.
A few day went by and they only food they had was berries they found, and the water from the river that surprisingly was not that dirty.
“I am so tired of this island,” remarked Lucas as he lay on his back staring longingly at the soft puffy cloud floating by.
“I think that we need to build a raft,” agreed Allison.
“What are we going to use to build a raft,” wondered Lucas.
“Sticks and logs,” said Dylan.
“Why don’t we start looking now, the sooner we find the stuff to build the raft we will be able to get out of here,” said Olivia perking up.
Everyone was quick on their feet trying to find logs or things that float, Dylan found some fallen down trees, Allison found bark from palm trees, Olivia found some thick stretchy vines that could tie things together, and Lucas was the one who was telling everyone where to put the logs and other things that they found.
Building the raft took about a day. They careful but swiftly wove the lime green vines in and out of the logs to tie them together. Once the raft was finished they all got on. For oars all did was use thin bark from the palm trees.
The water was lapping against the side of of the barky logs. Luckily Dylan knew where they were and knew his way back to bank where they put the boat in the water.
“Let’s go!” shouted Lucas
“I’m so happy we can leave,” cried Olivia
The moon was yet again shining down on the glassy water making it sparkle and shine. The water was as still as a statue and the raft was unsettling the water, leaving small bubbles in its wake.
It was late at night and everyone was was dropping like flies to sleep. The next morning everyone woke at dawn.
“Wow look at the sun rise ,” commented Allison looking calmly at the hot pink and peach sky and and the bright yellow sun coming up over the trees. Once everyone was awake they ate some of the berries that they brought with them.
“Look over there!” said Olivia with her purple stained lips.
“That’s that bank where we put the boat in the water!” called out Lucas paddling faster making the raft rock.
“Stop that Lucas,” sneered Dylan
“You’re going to make the raft ti..” Olivia didn’t get to finish her sentence as the raft capsized and they all fell in the water.
“Great going Lucas,” snapped Allison rather loudly.
“Sorry, I was just so excited to see the bank I wanted to get there quickly,” muttered Lucas sadly.
After swimming about 20 metres to the edge of the bank they hauled themselves up and sank into the tall grass. “We’re drenched,” said Dylan quietly.
“What are our parents going to say,” babbled Allison worryingly.
“I don’t know,” replied Lucas
“Well don’t just stand we need to go and find them, they will be worried sick where we have been,” commented Dylan.
As they walked down the warm foot path they left a trail of water. They were right about their parents wondering where they were.
“Mum, Dad we’re back!” they all shouted together.
“Where have you been!” the parents shouted back.
“We went on a boat trip, the boat sunk then we had to swim to an island we saw, then we had to build a hut and a raft and we lived on berries and water,” Lucas gasped for air after speaking so fast.
“Ok you can never go on a boat trip by yourself again,” Olivia’s Mum said sternly.
“So I have to get a new boat I guess,” laughed Olivia’s Dad.
A few days past and everyone was happy, Olivia, Dylan, Lucas and Allison spent lots of time together in Allison garden shed.
“Well we still have two weeks left of the holidays I wonder what we can do…” giggled Allison cheekily.
The End
