Story 3

I loved going on adventures, They always gave me this feeling of thrill. Every year I’d try to go on a new adventure,be it hiking, parasailing, hang gliding, skydiving, or simply camping, I loved it all,  little did I know though that this love for adventure would nearly cost me my life when a huge crocodile tried to eat me.

Hi, my name is Sophia, and as I stated before, I love going on adventures. They're so much fun, and it's nice getting out of the house every once in a while. Every summer I would always look for a new place to explore, but this year I wasn't having much luck so my friend Jenny decided to look up some places for me to go to, and she found me this one beautiful campground by a lake I could go to. I took one look at the photos and knew that I had to go there. So I packed everything I needed and headed to the campsite. When I arrived I was relieved to have the place to myself, I’ve never been much of a people person, and have always been pretty shy so this was refreshing for me. After I surveyed the surrounding area I began to set up my tent and other things. Once that was done, I decided to have some lunch, and just rest for a bit. After about 20 minutes I decided to go for a little swim in the lake. I put on my swimsuit and dove into the water. It was crystal blue, and clear. I splashed around, laughing and having a wonderful time, that was until I dove under the water and noticed something. It was a huge crocodile! Immediately I started swimming for shore in an attempt to get out of the water. I briefly looked back and to my horror saw that the crocodile was chasing me! I began to swim faster, and luckily made it out of the water, and ran back to my tent, zipping it up. For a few minutes I thought I was safe. Boy how wrong I was, because the crocodile had followed me out of the water, and too my tent. It used it’s powerful jaws to tear into my tent, I was so scared, and tried to back away, but I was trapped, and the crocodile was blocking the only exit. Then it happened, the huge reptile lunged at me, jaws wide open, and the next thing I knew, my head, and upper half of my body was inside the crocodile’s mouth! I screamed as the teeth clamped down on my back, with a loud crunch, I was trapped inside this monster’s jaws kicking, and screaming, trying to get it to open its mouth, but to no avail. I then felt the crocodile start to drag me out of the tent, back into the lake, where it most likely planned on finishing me off. Was this my fate, was this how I was going to die? These were questions I asked myself, as the crocodile dragged me into the lake. I knew what it’s intentions were, it saw me, and thought that I would make a tasty meal. At this point I had given up the fight, no matter how hard I punched, and kicked the crocodile was too strong, it dove down to the bottom of the lake. I gave up, there was nothing I could do, the crocodile was too powerful. The next thing I knew, my body went limp, and I blacked

I awoke sometime later to find myself in a hospital surrounded by doctors, nurses, and my friends.

“You’re awake”! Exclaimed Jenny.

“Ugh. What happened”? I asked.

That was when I noticed a man come into the room, I was confused so I asked him who he was.

Turns out he was a professional diver, and a paramedic. He had seen the Crocodile drag me into the water, and dove in after it where he saw it eating me. He managed to fight the beast off and pull me out of the water. His actions are what saved me from being the crocodile's dinner.

I had to spend a few weeks in the hospital, cause the Crocodile did some damage. It broke a few of my ribs, as well as my arm, and it dislocated my shoulder. There was also the emotional trauma I had to deal with.

The first day home from the hospital I had a terrible nightmare.

In it, I was back at the campsite, and was standing by the river. Then, the crocodile came out of the water, and rushed towards me. Immediately I ran for my life, and into the woods, that was when I heard a loud roar. I turned to see the crocodile was now running upright on two legs, and chasing after me. I ran as fast as I could,  until I came to a dead end. I was trapped, there was nowhere for me to go.

The crocodile grabbed me, and lifted me into the air as I kicked my legs. It then opened its mouth, and swallowed me whole. I slid down its throat, and landed with a splash into its stomach. The stomach was cramped, tight, and slimy. I screamed and started pounding on the stomach, trying desperately to get out, but nothing worked.

The crocodile went back to the lake, as I bounced and sloshed inside it’s stomach. Nothing more then A big fat bulge, but that was when I woke up in my bed, with a cold sweat. I was relieved that it was just a dream, but now I face a bigger problem. I’m now afraid of adventures. I’m afraid of something like this happening again.

Tell me.

What should I do?