Hailey White Short Story

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Narrative Writing by : hailey lower Me, my friend gina , and my other friend Jenny were desperate for food and water . We were lost in the middle of death valley . Jenny had spotted an abandoned campground , so we all rushed over there . Finally we were there more thirsty than I’ve ever been I felt like a zombie , It felt like if you were about to pass out . Me and the girls would take any water or food we could find . We broke into some campers searching for anything we could find. We found nothing , but dirty,nasty water . I sat on the old , moldy couch that was in one of the campers , and began to cry I knew we were gonna die . The girls came to me and said they were gonna go double check if there was any food

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