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 My
Weird Trip to Cuilenguq!
In mid July, Mary, Fedusia,
Roberta, Michael, Jackie, Jordan, Jeremy, Kathy, Lois and I
went on a camping trip for one night to pick salmon berries
at Cuilnguq.
Before we took off for
Cuilenguq, first we had to organize every thing, get gas,
and then get on our way. As we were going along the ride
seemed pretty boring and lonesome. So Kathy, Lois and I
started acting weird. We were acting so weird that we
completely forgot about the time. After about 1 5 minutes I
had a headache from laughing so much. I said, "I got a
headache." Kathy wanted to help me so she said "Let me show
you how to cure headaches?" I said "go ahead." So she rubbed
her hands together while breathing in and out. Then she
rubbed my forehead while Mary, Roberta, and I don't know who
else were watching. But I know they were thinking "How
stupid.!"
After a while I remember
hearing Kathy say to my sister, Lois, "If we stop on land,
and if we see a moose, just say BOO! and it'll take off." After she
said that, Lois and I burst out laughing, and we laughed non-stop till
it started to rain. We didn't want to
get wet, so Lois took Roberta's rain coat and put it over
Kathy, me, and herself. While we were under the rain coat we
listened to music. As time went by we started wondering how
come we were slowing down. Holy mother nature! We found out
we had been lost for at least four boring hours!
When we finally arrived at
Cuilnguq eight hours later all of us had to clear an open
area for the tent. After the tent was set up, the men went
to hunt, and we gals stayed home and were bored.
That night and the next
morning I had to babysit Jordan. We played football, trucks,
and laughed at funny things. On the tundra we walked around
and ate some salmon berries. Everybody was on the tundra
picking and enjoying the sun and rain as it
passed.
After we filled up all of
our buckets we went back and repacked all our junk, loaded
the boat, and took off for Marshall again. On the way back I
counted at least 20 BIG beaver houses and watched how all
the birds took off when they heard gun shots. We also chased
little ducks while they were swimming in the
water.
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 When
we reached Takchak Jeremy started to pick on Michael.
Roberta, Kathy, and Jeremy were in the front of the boat.
Jeremy was shouting "Fredgy!" Man his face expression was so
funny. So I moved up to the front of the boat because those
people were having so much fun. Kathy, Lois and I started
talking about getting poked in the rump with needles. It was
fun, but it all had to end when they told us to shut
up!
"What a great
trip!"
By: Sophie Ann
Moore
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Marshall
Cultural Atlas
