Hatchet Head
Before I realized what I’d done, “boom”, it plummeted down and hit me on the head. Minutes previous to the accident, I had been on a scavenger hunt searching for the golden hatchet, looking everywhere, up and down, left, right, but still had not found it. I heard my teammate Grace scream, “Check the Fort” I ran inside the open gate and down the long fence. Once I reached the old ladder I didn’t think twice, I sprinted up it. After quickly reaching the first floor of the fort the hatchet was nowhere to be found. Before anyone else beat me to, I grabbed a hold of that second ladder which led me to the top, giving me a new splinter every time I grabbed the next hold.
As I reached the top of the tower I saw it sitting there shining like the sun, yelling for me to pick it up. I called for my friends, shouting that I found it! I bent down to pick it up intent on doing a hands in the air victory cheer. My body was shaking from excitement so much so the hatchet slipped from my …show more content…
They had kindly brought me a humongous ice pack, Emily set it on my head and we all began to laugh hysterically. When we walked outside our counselors Flippy, Pickles, and Marz were standing there with a big cup of soothing hot chocolate, trying to keep from laughing as well. The first thing Flippy had said to me as she hugged me was, “Our Nina was more special than we thought”. That managed to make us all giggle again.
Other friends from the week made their way into the dining hall to see if I was okay. I swiftly recapped what happened, as I enjoyed my steaming and quite delicious cup of hot chocolate with my teammates. Knowing that I was the one that managed to finish the week with a win for the blue team was such a rush! These summer camp memories will stay with me as the bump on my head would eventually fade
Before I realized what I’d done, “boom”, it plummeted down and hit me on the head. Minutes previous to the accident, I had been on a scavenger hunt searching for the golden hatchet, looking everywhere, up and down, left, right, but still had not found it. I heard my teammate Grace scream, “Check the Fort” I ran inside the open gate and down the long fence. Once I reached the old ladder I didn’t think twice, I sprinted up it. After quickly reaching the first floor of the fort the hatchet was nowhere to be found. Before anyone else beat me to, I grabbed a hold of that second ladder which led me to the top, giving me a new splinter every time I grabbed the next hold.
As I reached the top of the tower I saw it sitting there shining like the sun, yelling for me to pick it up. I called for my friends, shouting that I found it! I bent down to pick it up intent on doing a hands in the air victory cheer. My body was shaking from excitement so much so the hatchet slipped from my …show more content…
They had kindly brought me a humongous ice pack, Emily set it on my head and we all began to laugh hysterically. When we walked outside our counselors Flippy, Pickles, and Marz were standing there with a big cup of soothing hot chocolate, trying to keep from laughing as well. The first thing Flippy had said to me as she hugged me was, “Our Nina was more special than we thought”. That managed to make us all giggle again.
Other friends from the week made their way into the dining hall to see if I was okay. I swiftly recapped what happened, as I enjoyed my steaming and quite delicious cup of hot chocolate with my teammates. Knowing that I was the one that managed to finish the week with a win for the blue team was such a rush! These summer camp memories will stay with me as the bump on my head would eventually fade