An Essay About A Hero's Last Journey

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Once there was a brave boy named Dave. He wanted to climb Mt. Everest. He knew it was very cold and he knew some people had died trying to climb Mt. Everest. Dave was scared that he might die.
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The Trip:
The trip was very long to get to Mt. Everest from Australia. Oh, and the long trek up the mountain was EXTREME. Dave became very cold and he knew that if this weather kept up he would have to somehow get off Mt Everest. Suddenly, Dave sees four odd-looking short green people getting supplies for their fire on Mt. Everest, he saw the odd-looking short green people take the wood down to a convenience store, Dave was surprised, and Dave kept going on his quest to get back to Australia. He became worried when he noticed
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Dave spent very long hours trying to chart his way home by walking the way he had come up from the mountain, Dave felt increasing amounts of pain, but then… Dave remembered his phone and he managed to call a rescue team. Dave was rescued by a lady named Jane. They took hours to get up the long mountain. The rescue team had no other option than to go by foot because their helicopter was not working. The rescue team managed to get Dave and he was safe and most of all WARM. On the ground, Dave found 4 green little children scurrying around. Dave went to the back of the convenience store, and noticed four little green children scurrying around. And Dave was very nervous but he saw another patient being fixed and felt a little more at ease, It was a place where aliens disguised as children lived and CARED for other humans that needed help and the aliens were very understanding. And a few hours later, Dave felt better. But the children told him to stay and rest after his long mountain trip. Dave was at first, a bit uneasy about aliens caring for him. But somehow he knew that he was safe. He felt safe because he had a very strange eerie feeling about him that said that he was in the good place and being cared

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