Gatsby's Alternate Ending

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As me, Gina, and Lenny and arrive at the campsite we start to look around. It was looked like a dumb and smelled like one too. We haven’t had any food or water in a while and were close to death. They only thing on our mind is finding helpful resources. “Mom I think I found something,” Said Gina, “It's a water hose. We might be able to get something to drink today!” “ What? Where? You better not be kidding cause we really need some water.” I replied.
“I'm not kidding, come over here, it's by the big, tall tree. Lenny is trying get it on but nothing's happening.” Gina exclaimed. As i arrived at the water hose, it felt like my mouth was going to water, but since it was so dry, it couldn’t. I sure do hope that this has some water, cause if we don't get some soon, we could die. As i walked over lenny was trying to turn it on.
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“ It won't budge. As I took a good look at the knob, she was right. This looks like it's been here for ages. We all tried and tried but there was nothing anyone could do to turn that knob. With disappointment, we walked away to look look for something else useful.

As night came we haven't found anything useful. We decided we’d bring and in for the night and carry in tomorrow. For the most part we have checked every camper and found nothing. But we still had 5-6 more campers we can look at tomorrow before we head off. As I looked over, Jenny was shaking and had goose bumps all up and down her arms and legs. Well it was time for me to take my mind of things and get some

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