A Neverending Story
Chris Shaw
Issue date: 5/5/09 Section: Arts & Entertainment
Bryan dropped his butt onto the bed of shoreline pebbles. He experienced nothing but complete disbelief. The lake view half-registered into his eyesight, as he pondered what just happened. Tim's heart had stopped beating. The paramedics tried to resuscitate him back to life for nearly two minutes. The relentless pounding of Tim's chest seemed like an endless wave. The wave of desperation and hope swirled in the nature mist.
Bryan took a few steps back again and dropped to his knees. He prayed without saying any words. Paige, Cole, Evan, Amy, and Kimberly came running out of the forest with shock.
Paige asked, "What happened Bryan? We heard the ambulance sirens. Oh my gosh, what happened to Tim, is he ok?
Bryan responded, "It looks like Tim will be ok now. His heart stopped beating, but they were able to bring him back to life.
Everybody in the group posed expressionless faces. Paige broke the silence and asked "how were you able to contact the paramedics?
Bryan said with a smile, "I didn't contact anybody. A moose attacked Tim and me and we fell off the canoe. We drifted apart, deep into the lake, but I was able to swim back to the shore. I completely lost sight of Tim when he drifted away. I ran along the shore and eventually found Tim lying on the beach. Once I found Tim, the ambulance just happened to be driving along this road, it's only a hundred yards from here, and they must have seen Tim's motionless body.
Evan replied, "Oh my God."
Bryan simply said, "Yeah, I know."
Evan said, "Well, this has definitely been a fun trip, let's go to Tim's hospital before we head back home, ok guys?
Paige responded, "Yeah, I don't really know how to react to this. I just hope Tim is going to be ok."
Bryan reassured her, "Trust me, I know Tim, he will be fine, everything will be fine."
As the group slowly walked up toward the forest road, Cole sarcastically said, "I think Tim will be the first one to say that this was a really fun trip."
The End.
Bryan took a few steps back again and dropped to his knees. He prayed without saying any words. Paige, Cole, Evan, Amy, and Kimberly came running out of the forest with shock.
Paige asked, "What happened Bryan? We heard the ambulance sirens. Oh my gosh, what happened to Tim, is he ok?
Bryan responded, "It looks like Tim will be ok now. His heart stopped beating, but they were able to bring him back to life.
Everybody in the group posed expressionless faces. Paige broke the silence and asked "how were you able to contact the paramedics?
Bryan said with a smile, "I didn't contact anybody. A moose attacked Tim and me and we fell off the canoe. We drifted apart, deep into the lake, but I was able to swim back to the shore. I completely lost sight of Tim when he drifted away. I ran along the shore and eventually found Tim lying on the beach. Once I found Tim, the ambulance just happened to be driving along this road, it's only a hundred yards from here, and they must have seen Tim's motionless body.
Evan replied, "Oh my God."
Bryan simply said, "Yeah, I know."
Evan said, "Well, this has definitely been a fun trip, let's go to Tim's hospital before we head back home, ok guys?
Paige responded, "Yeah, I don't really know how to react to this. I just hope Tim is going to be ok."
Bryan reassured her, "Trust me, I know Tim, he will be fine, everything will be fine."
As the group slowly walked up toward the forest road, Cole sarcastically said, "I think Tim will be the first one to say that this was a really fun trip."
The End.
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