Death Valley Short Story

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Death Valley


You might feel like it sucked to have the car run out of gas but it was actually a pleasure we found what we have been looking for, trees. Normally where trees are there is some water. We have been out of water for a few hours now but the heat is so extreme we feel like we’ve been out of water for a week. It has reached 119 degrees here and is steadily rising every minute. The heat is so severe you can practically smell it. The worst part is, is that we haven’t even reached the hottest part of the day yet. It’s so hot here we can feel the heat through our shoes. Now we see why people call it Death Valley. Death Valley is one of the hottest places on earth and to be stranded here is miserable. We have no cell service to call …show more content…

I started looking around and then I saw something out of the corner of my eye, a simple, brown trailer. I yelled “Guys there’s a trailer over there. It might have some stuff in it to help us.” They got up and we started running in the direction of the trailer. When we got there we realized it was locked.

Jenny broke into it and there was something we’ve been dying for. There was enough for all of us to survive another week. There was stale oatmeal, a can of beans, beer, and jerky so old it was white. The food to others would taste awful and be thrown away but to us it was treasure. While it might seem like not much it was everything to us. This is something that would keep us alive for quite a while.

On day 3, My mom was in the trailer helping me bathe but Jenny was outside. When I heard Jenny start screaming I covered up with a towel and ran outside to see Jenny waving a yellow blanket. I could hear a sound but I wasn’t quite sure what it was. I looked up and in the sky there was a helicopter flying straight towards us. They then had Lizard Lee bring them gas and show them back to the main road. Me, my mom, and Jenny were then saved and we are still friends with the pilots who saved

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