A Hero's Journey

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George sat with his good friend, Fred, at a table eating dinner. Fred was an adventurer, he was always going on the most spectacular quests and discovering new things, in new lands. Whenever he came back from a quest he would tell George about them. George always looked forward to hearing his friend’s stories about the dangers and thrills of the adventures he went on.

[2] After Fred finished telling his stories, he would ask George how his life was and what had happened while he was gone. George wasn’t a very exciting person, he had an extremely average life. No matter what he would always tell Fred what was happening and would try to make it sound exciting. After Fred and George finished their dinner, George headed home. He had a very small
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By the time George had gotten close to the cave, he was soaking wet and cold. He could see the orange glow of a fire inside the cave, George couldn’t wait to get inside. When George first entered the cave he didn’t know what to expect, but he was surprised to see that someone was there waiting for him. George assumed the was Uncle Jem’s friend. “I’ve been expecting you. I think I can assume that you’re here for your uncle’s things, well come on, I’ll give them to you now.” The strangers started to walk deeper into the cave and George thought it best that he followed …show more content…
It wasn’t much of an obstacle however, there was a stone bridge behind him that he hadn’t noticed at first. He simply walked back to the beginning of the bridge and carefully walked across because it was a fairly narrow bridge and the stones were slippery from the rushing water below it.

[11] The second thing George encountered on his journey was a knight of sort. The knight was sitting right in the middle of the road and he didn’t want to move. It wasn’t much of a problem for George though, he simply walked around the knight. He noticed what he called obstacles, weren’t very challenging.

[12] George’s third obstacle was the most interesting of them all. George had met a man walking along the same path as him. They were making small talk when they heard a strange noise come from the cliff near their path. Both of them walked over to see what was making that noise. It had been a strange looking dragon making the noises. The dragon seemed to be lonely. The man George had been walking with suggested he stay with the dragon to keep it company, while George kept on his way towards his uncle’s

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