Olivia survives!

SURVIVAL STORY – by Olivia

I have five minutes to pack. I can choose only three items to take with me. I know not where I am going, nor what dangers await me. I run to the pile of equipment and grab: a torch, banana, snowboard and a skipping rope. I am blindfolded during the helicopter journey. I have no idea where I am. I hear the chopping sound of the helicopter. The helicopter hovers a metre or so above ground and I am pushed out of the door. I tumble onto the ground and tear off my blindfold. I see…heaps of snow surrounding me… it’s foggy.

I come to a swamp and begin to make my way cautiously through it. Suddenly I lose my footing and find myself sinking… and realise I have stepped into QUICKSAND! I reach into my pack and I get my snowboard. There is a red button and paddles. I sit on the snowboard and use my paddles to get across.

I turn to see a pack of killer sheep advancing towards me. I reach into my pack…to get my torch to hypnotise the killer sheep.

The menacing battle cry of a lone warrior pierces the silence. A heavily armoured giant charges out from behind some rocks. I reach into my pack and get my key and shine it at the sun. It reflects off the key and glares in his eyes. I arrive at a vertical cliff. It seems impossible to ascend it.

The cliff face is like glass, I cannot see any footholds. There is no way around, I must find a way to climb it. I reach into my bag and grab my long skipping rope and I throw it up on the tree. I pull myself up, grab the skipping rope and put it in my bag.

I am dive-bombed by a thousand giant mosquitoes… some look large enough to pick up a small child. The drone of wings is deafening as the venomous stingers charge towards me. I reach into my pack and grab my banana bomb. So I kill all of them, but then a gigantic one comes up. I start to panic. I look in my pack. I get my skipping rope out and wrap it around it and pull it to the ground. I am too scared to move so I put my skipping rope in my bag.

I come to a swamp and begin to make my way cautiously through it. Suddenly I lose my footing and find myself sinking… and realise I have stepped into QUICKSAND! I reach into my pack and grab my snowboard. I am scrambling out of the murky water. I jump up and get out but sadly my snow board didn’t make it.