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Survival Story
area was actually a cliff that was to be changed. As Sam
led to nowhere but a river was searching for prey this
down below. So as they fateful day he heard an ani-
were running only 2 of mal prancing around and
them Sam and Josh made he went nearer. Now he
it to the cliff and they both could see it was quite a big
jumped knowing it might animal and as soon as he
cost them their life. had a clear shot he took it
and threw the spear like a
Sam suddenly woke up. javelin which pierced the
Hoping what happened before was a dream . buffalo’s shoulder and as it was downed Sam took
As he frantically looked around he realised that out his knife and finished the animal’s suffering.
what happened was completely real and as he The buffalo Jolted before finally bleeding out. He
looked around he saw the body of Josh a few feet caught a dwarf buffalo of sorts. “I think it’s called
away. He tried to check for a pulse but soon re- a tamaraw.” he blurted out.As soon as he had
alised there wasn’t one. Josh was dead and there skinned the buffalo he took its horns and made
was nothing he could do about it. Sam gave Josh it into other spears.He used the small amount of
an impromptu funeral and left to see what mess blubber it had to make oil which he used in his
he had gotten himself to. He couldn’t tell where fire lamps he had created using the scrap met-
he was and deducted that wherever he was he al he had found near him.He then stayed there
wasn’t going to make it back to camp soon. He for quite a long time, always trying to figure out
found a few useful things in his backpack. He where he was and how to get out. Each day he
first found a hook in his backpack which he im- waded through marshlands and hiked up some
mediately decided he would use to catch fish. He hills. He was very happy even though he was
also found a pocket knife and a few blankets. He struggling to stay alive. He felt at peace here.
then proceeded to make a shelter with branches Everyday he woke up to birds chirping and trees
he cut from trees and leaves. shadowing him. And he always thought “Why
war?”.
The shelter wasn’t the best but it would do for a
few days. He also caught a few fish through the He always thought about why the world would
fishing pole he made with the hook he found. Wa- always resort to the situation. He reached a vil-
ter wasn’t a problem as a stream ran nearby. He lage where they welcomed him and he gladly ac-
also roasted some fish and ate it with fruits and cepted the invitation. He found that the village
vegetables he had found was very advanced for one
in the forest. He even that lived in complete iso-
tried hunting with spears lation. He also taught them
he made with sharpened new things like how to store
stone and branches he fish and other meats and also
had cut from the trees. how to make cultivable land
He wasn’t successful for a using compost. In return the
while.It may have been of village elder married him to
the terrain or the tempera- his daughter and Sam gave
ture but no animals came up on ever finding his true
anywhere near his camp. home and lived in that vil-
One day however his fate lage for the rest of his life.
