Creative Writing: My Hero's Journey

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After we walked for two hours we stopped and took a goodbye look at our beloved country. It was unbearable for Mansur to flee his homeland. He lagged behind walking slowly as if being lost in a deep thought. We waited him standing in the middle of the dusty road to find out the reason for him not to walk as quickly as we did. He walked closer to us and halted in the middle of the dusty path and said, “Guys, I want to skip this journey because I don’t think I can make it any further. You may persist in travelling and may the blessing of your families be with you in all the way to your destination”. G gave him an angry look and said, “My friend, you may do whatever pleases you. We will continue our journey and it’s better to die here than …show more content…

An hour later, we were blanketed in darkness. Goitom had already planned our trip to be carried out in the daytime to clearly see on we what crumble. Therefore, we had to spend the night sleeping. As it had started to get completely dark, we had begun to look for a clear place where we could spend the night. We finally came across a clear field near a river bank. We surveyed the area to look for a comfortable spot. G downed some leaves from the big tree standing in front of us and lied on it to get some comfort. I tried to sleep, but the ground was so rough that had no comfort. The tiny gravel penetrated into my skin and left me with a terrible pain. No sleep came to my eyes. I spent the night turning myself to all directions. Weakened by the nine hours walk, we were dragged to a deep sleep until we were awakened by a tremendous sound echoed in front of us. As we woke up, we determined that group of hyenas scuttling toward us from across the river. They seemed as they sensed our presence in the area. They roared as they approached the field in front of us, walked in a semi-circle and closed to us for their …show more content…

Goitom reached his backpack for the flashlight and pointed it to the spot where the sound was heard from. As the beam of the flashlight blurred their vision, the hyenas groaned and moved away. We were told by our ancestors that flashlight is the only weapon to protect ourselves from being hunted by hyenas. Above all, we were told that showing any sign of fear to hyenas is risky. We were advised not to try to escape or throw stones as we are confronted by hyenas. Therefore, we had to keep the advice of our forefathers and stay calm. Even after all the hyenas were gone, we surveyed the area in case of the presence of some other savage animals. Even though the hyenas moved away and their noise died down, we didn’t trust the area any longer. Two hours later, G suggested us to leave the area and move to the small hill located 500 meters away from where we were. “Why is that?” asked M while his body was shaking off the incident. G stared at him with a horrible look and sounded out, “we have to move to the upper side of the hill because most wild animals do not usually show up themselves on higher places”. We both nodded in agreement and proceeded to the place where G indicated it to be safer.

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