Creative Writing: The Cabin

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“Look! think I see the cabin!” Ben Halperin looked up from his Warriors book to his sister Lily's’ call. He could see the cabin he and his family would be staying at for the next week, between two mountains on a ridge in the distance. “Mom, are we going out for dinner tonight?” Ben asked his mom “Sure honey, whatever you want.” “Thanks, Mom,” Ben said Once they had parked the car in front of their cabin, Ben got out and inspected around the cabin “Ben! C’mon! Your dad’s got the key, let's get settled before we eat dinner” Ben heard his mom yell from the front of the cabin. He ran around the other side of the cabin, giving his legs a good stretch after the long ride in the car and watched his dad insert the key into the cabin and swung the …show more content…

Ben could see his cabin below him and the highway right next to the mountain he was on, he could see cars going back and forth; up the mountain down the mountain. Ben turned around and started his way up the mountain again searching for the perfect spot to snowboard. By the time Ben made it to the top of the mountain it was already mid-afternoon, carrying the heavy snowboard was hard work! Ben went through a little line of trees that concealed a clearing with a hill on the far side. Brrr… it’s colder up here than down there Ben thought, remembering that his mom told him to bring a jacket before he headed out to snowboard. It’s nothing, I’ll be fine, a little cold can’t hurt, can it? Ben thought to himself before pushing the thoughts out of his mind and started walking up the hill that was across from the …show more content…

Uh-Oh, Ben thought, I’m never going to make it back home in time for dinner. My parents are going to kill me when I do get home, I hope soon because I’m getting cold. Before long, Ben looked up ahead of him and he saw that the woods would end because he was approaching a clearing. When Ben got to the edge of the woods, he felt something in his pocket. Ben dug the something out and realized it was his phone that he forgot he took with him, I can just call my parents to come find me! Oh, that would be so nice. Ben turned on his phone and hit the little phone icon app. He punched in his mom’s number and let it ring but nothing happened. Ben tried it a few more times, but still, it didn’t work. Ben put his phone back in his pocket and cursing, continued. Ben didn’t know how long he had been walking before he looked down at his wrists, now numb with cold, and stopped to take a rest. I should have listened to my parents about taking a jacket because I am so cold right now! Ben sat down on the snowy ground to catch his breath just listening to the sounds. After a while, Ben got up and started to walk again, but this time at a slower pace for his body was going numb with cold because of the jacket he didn’t take that his parents told him to wear. When Ben

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