It was a warm fall afternoon when John and Boy Scout troop 583 went to Stone Mountain for a weekend adventure including camping, hiking, fishing, and other exciting events. No one knew that their weekend would end so quickly and so dangerously. Look at what two sticks rubbed together will do.
The troop arrived at the campground around 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. They came loaded down with pillows, sleeping bags, pajamas, and an eagerness for the adventure to begin. They started out the weekend setting up camp and getting the tents set up. That in itself was an adventure, watching eight and nine-year-old boys trying to set up camp. It was quite comical.
“All right boys, now that we have camp set up we need to get our canteens so we can go on a nature walk” John said. The boys screamed with excitement. What would they find as they walk through the trails? “I hope we see some really cool bugs and spiders!” exclaimed Sam. “I bet we will see a bunch of different spiders” added Matt. “Okay boys, let’s move out” John ordered.
About two hours later the boys return to their campsite. They never knew that there were so many different bugs and animals in the forest.
The sun was beginning to set and it was getting close to dinner time for the boys. Michael began to get the campfire ready for hot dogs and s’mores. It took a few strikes but he finally got the campfire going. As he went over to his Den leader to let him know that the fire was ready he turned around and saw that the fire had escaped from the fire pit and had already reached the big tent.
Michael did not know what to do. He told his Den leader and they all quickly rushed out of the campground to notify the park ranger. As the Cu Scouts looked on from a distance, all Michael could feel was total and complete guilt. He felt that he was the one that was responsible for the fire and putting all of the animals in danger.
How could he ever forgive himself for what he had done?
The troop arrived at the campground around 9:00 a.m. on Saturday morning. They came loaded down with pillows, sleeping bags, pajamas, and an eagerness for the adventure to begin. They started out the weekend setting up camp and getting the tents set up. That in itself was an adventure, watching eight and nine-year-old boys trying to set up camp. It was quite comical.
“All right boys, now that we have camp set up we need to get our canteens so we can go on a nature walk” John said. The boys screamed with excitement. What would they find as they walk through the trails? “I hope we see some really cool bugs and spiders!” exclaimed Sam. “I bet we will see a bunch of different spiders” added Matt. “Okay boys, let’s move out” John ordered.
About two hours later the boys return to their campsite. They never knew that there were so many different bugs and animals in the forest.
The sun was beginning to set and it was getting close to dinner time for the boys. Michael began to get the campfire ready for hot dogs and s’mores. It took a few strikes but he finally got the campfire going. As he went over to his Den leader to let him know that the fire was ready he turned around and saw that the fire had escaped from the fire pit and had already reached the big tent.
Michael did not know what to do. He told his Den leader and they all quickly rushed out of the campground to notify the park ranger. As the Cu Scouts looked on from a distance, all Michael could feel was total and complete guilt. He felt that he was the one that was responsible for the fire and putting all of the animals in danger.
How could he ever forgive himself for what he had done?
1 comments:
Good journal.
It's strange that the picture you wrote about is a real picture. It looks like something straight from Bambi and I thought for sure it was a fake.
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