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A
Nightmare Ride
This summer on a good sunny
day Jason,David and I went on a boat ride to Nuksuk, which
is located inside of Owl Slough.
After asking Jason's Grandpa
if we could borrow his boat, Jason and I got ready to go.
Then after going up below Andrew's to pick up David, we were
on our way. When we reached the mouth of Nuksuk we decided
to rod for awhile. After rodding we went further in the
slough and rodded here and there. I became bored rodding
because I never caught any fish, so I told the guys that we
should ride around to see if we could find a bear. I wanted
so much to see a bear or a moose but all we saw were
ducks.
After it started to get a
little late I told the guys that we should head for home.
They both agreed. On our way out of the slough one of the
guys saw a beaver in a little side slough, so we went to
check it out. After hunting for the beaver for awhile we
gave up and decided to go home. Then all of a sudden our
engine couldn't start. Our engine prop had come off and
fallen into the water. After cussing for awhile we started
wondering what to do. Then Jason and David decided they
would dive into the water to see if they could find it. But
after ten minutes they gave up because the water was too
cold. David then got a pole and started poking it into the
water. Jason and I helped him, but we had no luck finding
the prop. Finally, Jason and David decided they would pull
the boat to the mouth of Nuksuk. Jason went outside the boat
and pulled while David used a pole and pushed from inside
the boat. I sat inside and wondered what time we would get
to the mouth of Nuksuk.
Just as we were a quarter
mile from the mouth I saw something on our side of the
beach. At first I thought it was a bear because I only saw
its head. It was dark and I couldn't really tell for sure.
But I told the guys that we had company. They both looked at
me nervously and asked where?
I pointed to the bank. They
got excited and told me to stay in the boat while they
checked. But I wasn't going to stay in the boat alone and I
asked David to stay with me because I was very scared. So
Jason went himself and when he got back he told us it was a
moose, a cow moose. He then asked David to go with him to
check it out again. The moose had gone back into the trees
and they tried to follow it.
I stayed back inside the
boat alone and I was very scared because it was the first
time I had ever seen a moose that close. And in the dark it
had looked so big. After a while though they came back and
said it had taken off.
We continued paddling and
when we got to the mouth of the slough we paddled across to
the bank and made a fire. As we were talking around the fire
we heard the moose making noises. It was early morning and I
was getting a little grouchy because I was sleepy and
worrying about my daughter, Mary. Then we decided to pull
the boat again, and after pulling for a couple hours we
stopped and decided to wait till someone came to pick us up.
After building another fire Jason and David fell asleep. I
must have been overtired because I kept hearing boats. Every
time I heard a boat I would wake the guys up and say there
was a boat. They'd say there was no boat and then go back to
sleep. It was around 10 A. M. when I woke them up again and
told them that we should pull the boat again. But they were
too tired to keep going, they said.
Before they fell asleep
again we all heard a branch break. When Jason and David
looked to see what it was I ran and jumped into the boat. It
only took me a couple seconds! They went go check it out and
Jason saw it. It was a bull moose. Twenty minutes later they
fell asleep again.
I couldn't sleep so I sat in
the boat. Finally, about 11 A.M. I heard a boat, this time
for real, and I ran up the bank and woke up Jason and David
and told them there was a boat coming. They both got up and
we all saw the boat. It was Andy and Nick Andrew Jr. They
brought us all back home in their boat. Finally, my
nightmare ride was at an end!
Theresa George
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Marshall
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