IT’S A WOLF
“We should make a music video,” Anna suggested. “Why not? I mean we have nothing else to do...” I responded. “You guys do look pretty bored. You should come to the creek with us,” Henry interrupted. Anna and I exchanged looks. We didn’t particularly like the creek. It could be scary sometimes. And the sun was starting to set. “I’ll go,” Anna said. I didn’t want to be alone, so I agreed to go with her. I had no idea what was about to happen. We walked to Mape Park, which as fifth graders, was one of our favorite spots to hang out. Then we headed to the creek. It was steep, so we stayed near the top as we continued. There was poison oak on the other side of this mini-valley separated by the creek. There was no water in the creek, and there hadn’t been …show more content…
None of us followed him. I was already scared enough. There’s no way I’m going to get any closer to this creature. The wind blew again. It’s getting darker and harder to see, and the wolf seemed to be in a shaded tunnel under the road.
“It’s definitely a wolf,” Henry concluded.
Thoughts raced through my head. Would it come after us? Would I be fast enough to get away? I didn’t know. I’d never had to run away from a wolf before. I’d never seen a wolf before.
I didn’t know what to do. All four of us remained silent as we slowly backed up. Being careful to not step on twigs or leaves, we quickened our pace. Eventually, we were far enough away to turn around and run. But we ran into a dilemma. Obviously, the ropes and nets hadn’t disappeared.
“We could just walk around them,” I suggested.
“Wow, why didn’t any of us think of that on the way in?” Henry asked. There was about a yard of open space to the side, with no branches, ropes, or nets. Just leaves. Layers and layers of leaves, piled on the ground. These leaves must have been piling up for quite a while. Unlike other places where leaves fall, there was no place for the leaves to be blown away. They were along a
“We should make a music video,” Anna suggested. “Why not? I mean we have nothing else to do...” I responded. “You guys do look pretty bored. You should come to the creek with us,” Henry interrupted. Anna and I exchanged looks. We didn’t particularly like the creek. It could be scary sometimes. And the sun was starting to set. “I’ll go,” Anna said. I didn’t want to be alone, so I agreed to go with her. I had no idea what was about to happen. We walked to Mape Park, which as fifth graders, was one of our favorite spots to hang out. Then we headed to the creek. It was steep, so we stayed near the top as we continued. There was poison oak on the other side of this mini-valley separated by the creek. There was no water in the creek, and there hadn’t been …show more content…
None of us followed him. I was already scared enough. There’s no way I’m going to get any closer to this creature. The wind blew again. It’s getting darker and harder to see, and the wolf seemed to be in a shaded tunnel under the road.
“It’s definitely a wolf,” Henry concluded.
Thoughts raced through my head. Would it come after us? Would I be fast enough to get away? I didn’t know. I’d never had to run away from a wolf before. I’d never seen a wolf before.
I didn’t know what to do. All four of us remained silent as we slowly backed up. Being careful to not step on twigs or leaves, we quickened our pace. Eventually, we were far enough away to turn around and run. But we ran into a dilemma. Obviously, the ropes and nets hadn’t disappeared.
“We could just walk around them,” I suggested.
“Wow, why didn’t any of us think of that on the way in?” Henry asked. There was about a yard of open space to the side, with no branches, ropes, or nets. Just leaves. Layers and layers of leaves, piled on the ground. These leaves must have been piling up for quite a while. Unlike other places where leaves fall, there was no place for the leaves to be blown away. They were along a