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PART OF MY SUMMER

This summer was okay. Fred, Anna, Roberta, Martha, Mary Fitka, Jackie, Moe, Fedusia and I went behind Pitcher Mt. We went hunting, berry picking, egg hunting and camping. When we went hunting, we saw lots of ducks, swans and geese. When we tried getting closer, they flew away and Jackie and Moe start shooting at them.. Jackie caught five ducks and Moe caught two geese,one duck and two swans. After they caught them we went egg hunting. Roberta found three seagull eggs and three Ptarmigan eggs. When we were looking for eggs, I had a twenty two single shot and Jackie came over to me and asked me if I wanted to sneak up on two swans, I said yes.

When we were close, they flew up and me and Jackie started shooting at them, but we missed them. After that we turned around and went back to camp which was right across from us. We had to go by boat to get there before getting ready for bed time, Roberta cooked chicken in tin foil over the fire. Some of the chicken was burned and black.

The next day we went picking berries and we saw two foxes. We ran down to the boat but Fred, Moe and Jackie were still on the tundra, so Roberta, Martha. Mary and Fedusia went back to pick some more berries. Anna and I stayed in the boat and I took my twenty-two and shot at target sticks in the water. While I was targeting Anna told me she saw a beaver, and it keep popping out of the water. I almost shot it but it dived under the water. Then we went to another camping spot and had supper after picking some berries. After supper we went to bed. When we got up we heard howling in the trees a little ways back of the tent. Alter we had breakfast, we took down the tent and left the slough for home.


By Kathy Duny

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