Jordan's survival story

The Russley Writers had five minutes to choose three items from a pile of equipment. They were then given opening paragraphs to a survival story (in italics), starring themselves. With oodles of imagination and resourcefulness they came up with creative ways to use their chosen equipment to get themselves out of some sticky situations. Here is Jordan's survival story:

  

The helicopter drops me in a clearing in the forest. I have five minutes to choose three items of equipment to help me survive this dangerous journey. I grab:

1.    Scooter

2.    Basketball

3    Hair dryer

I heave the pack onto my back and bolt into the woods. I turn to see a pack of killer rabbits advancing towards me. I reach into my pack and take out my scooter and whack the rabbits in the head until they all die and then I move away to go somewhere else to build a hut to stay for a night.  I find a broken down hut at the top of some trees.

I came to a raging river infested with ravenous crocodiles. There is no way around I must somehow cross the treacherous water. I reach into my pack and grab my basketball.  I throw the basketball at the croc’s head to get it confused so I can run over an icy part of the river.

I come to a swamp and begin to make my way cautiously through. Suddenly I lose my footing and find myself sinking… and realise I have stepped into quicksand! I reach into my pack and grab out my hair dryer and turn it on so I could fly my way out of the quicksand. I fly over to the other side where I see a helicopter waiting to take me back to civilization. I realise I have made it through the five days of treacherous weather and all of the scary things I had been through.