You are on a trip with your family in the South Pacific. One day while walking on the beach, you discover an old rowboat. You do not think that anyone will mind if you borrow it for a short time, so you get in and begin to row out into the lagoon. As you reach the edge of the lagoon, a current begins to pull your boat into the ocean. You try to row back, but the current is too strong. Before long, you can no longer see land. What do you do?
Write a story based on the following prompt. You need to write at least three paragraphs with at least seven sentences in each paragraph.
You are on a trip with your family in the South Pacific. One day while walking on the beach, you discover an old rowboat. You do not think that anyone will mind if you borrow it for a short time, so you get in and begin to row out into the lagoon. As you reach the edge of the lagoon, a current begins to pull your boat into the ocean. You try to row back, but the current is too strong. Before long, you can no longer see land. What do you do?
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Anthony guggino
5/1/2012 04:08:11 am
I would jump out and swim to shore if that ever happens. I wouldnt take a row boat out because of the current. If I was far far far out I would just stay put until someone comes and gets me. I would bring a fishing pole with me. With string and lots of hookes and bait to fish. Bring a bucket to make a fire in. Bring matches with me and gas to make a fire. I would row somewhere to find land. I would bring a blanket just in cause. Again I would never get in a old row boat. I would bring someone with me. I would have fun sometimes. I would miss my family. I would have times like wake up at 9 then fish for 2 hours to catch many fish. Eat until 10:30. Then I would take a nap then eat then go to bed. I would do that until someone find me. When someone finds me I would tell them to get me chicken or other food, but not fish. I would tell them to get me coke. This is what i would do if i was lost in the South Pacific.
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Allyssa Fail
5/1/2012 06:04:46 am
I feel the worth of the white sand between my toes. I smell the salt from the ocean.I have been here for 2 months. It's beautiful here ,but I'm running out of things to do. I'm walking along the beach and I see a rowboat about two feet from shore. I climb in not thinking anyone would care. It seems sturdy and seems easy to drive.
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Ronnie Douglas
5/1/2012 06:12:13 am
The thing that i would do is try to row the boat to shore.But if i couldn't then i would jump out of the boat and swim.Hopefully i'd have enough strength to make it out.Seeing that a world pool just sucked me into it's swirling spins.But i would have taken out the supplies from the boat before i go the shore.As i get to the shore i'd make me a fire from the wood i would have gathered from around the enviroment.So i could set off in the morning but i really didn't notice i was on an island about 2 or three more miles from the shore.I sigh with a tired emotion cause i have to swim another 2or 3 miles.My arms were already tired from swimming to this island i thought was a shore for a town.I guess i'm going to start making my bed so i can rest for tomorrow's long,long,long swim.So once i've slept that night nice and good i'd get my self ready to swim.Once i get to the shore i'd get a taxi and go home immediately and take a shower.So that's what i would do if i was sucked into a current
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ski jenkins
5/1/2012 06:36:45 am
I smell the sand,water,and more.Then i see the boat.This is it no one is by it soo i am going to go for a ride,Ohhhhh no its taking me out.What do i do?When will i get to go back.So i jumped out and tried smiwwming back.But the current was to strong and took me under.But then i saw something under water.It was a hole.But lights were coming out of it.So I go under there and somehow i starting breathing again under water. Then i saw a little mermaid .they we nice to me and was talking to me .They said i will talk you back to shore.I was back at shore wthin mins.So i would vistit them i could.then i did what i said.They would turn me into a mermaid when i was down there.We are now good friends.
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Amanda Burgess
5/1/2012 06:39:30 am
If I took a row boat and got stranded, the first thing I would do was scream for help. Maybe someone would hear me and come rescue me! I might get out and swim to land, but there might be sharks! So I would just sit and wait. Eventually I would end up on an island or something. Then I could make a plan!
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Korey Guggino
5/1/2012 06:58:01 am
First of all you need supplies befire going out to sea. I would bring a radio, some food, flares, fishing supplies(of course), a knife, and a roll of duck tape. So if I was washed out to sea, I would try to contact family with the radio. Or try to cintact the coast guard if possible. If I could't get contact I would relax and wait with the anchor thrown out. I would use a cup I brought to keep cool. Then I will try to use the radio agian. If you got help shoot your flare when you have too.
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Anna Jerome:^)
5/1/2012 08:26:35 am
While I am floating, I realized I had only brought enough food for lunch that day.Luckily I found my handy dandy switchblade. I didn't no how long I would be out there so I turned off my ipod to save the battery. I was scared. Good thing I found a fishing pole on the boat, and had a matching set. I was coming up on a tiny island. I was going to get off and wait for someone to find me.
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Logan Ashley=)
5/2/2012 05:28:14 am
Im stranded at sea with nothing in view . I have nothing to survive on . The sun is at its peek and its extremely hot . I float for hours . I begin to get hungry and thirsty . I start to think this is the end for me . Theres no hope . I wait for the worst .
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michaelmcdonald
5/2/2012 06:21:10 am
That would be scary.It would be lonely.First I would try to call.Then i would try to catch fish.I would use string from clothes.Then I would use the hook from my hat.Then grab bait from the water.
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Alyssa Bejnarowicz
5/2/2012 08:31:16 am
Before the trip started I would pack very important things to live off of. So now that I am in the dire situation I would scream first off and freak out. Because I terribly afraid of row boats. I do not know why but I am afraid of them. I would not move around alot because I would be scared that the boat would flip over. I look around my boat seeing the ocean blue. I gulp really hard wishing that I wish I had went with my parents. I remember that I had some useful things in my bag. I grab my bag and dump all the objects onto the row boat floor. I spot a coral reef down below as the boat is being pulled out. I make a loop so that the rope can stop the boat. I drop the rope down and made sure the fishing weight was secure on it.
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Noah Parker
5/2/2012 09:29:43 am
First I would try to call some one from my phone to tell them where I am at. If that didn't work I would yell for help. When some one comes I will act like I haven't ate for days. Then I would steal all their food. Then I would eat it.
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hunter jenkins
5/3/2012 06:25:26 am
If that ever happen I would be in some big trouble. I dont have a phone. I would probly jump out and swim. I might not make it back to shore. That would be very trerrible. Everyone will miss me. I wouldnt went out in the boat in the first place.
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Danny Doe
5/3/2012 07:48:24 am
I wanted to go out on to the lagoon but i didnt have a boat. I began walking down the shore and spot an old jacked up row boat. I look around searching for the owner of the boat aint seen nobody so i took it and went in the lagoon.
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Alton young
5/3/2012 08:11:25 am
I would start to padle and not stop till I reached land. I would not be scared at all. Even though alot of kids would be but I like descovering new things. But adventully i would get home sick and want to come home. But at first I would ready to go.
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Tori Defoe
5/3/2012 08:58:17 am
My summer family trip so far was rather boring.All I seemed to do was sleep and watch television,and I did all those things at home.After hours of being useless I figured walking down the beach wouldn't do much harm.Its the South Pacific isn't it might as well enjoy myself.Slowly I got out of my warm bed and sliped on my hello kitty flip-flops(love those things).It took maybe five or ten minutes before I was in complete misery.The sun was all the way out ,and I swear I could hear my skin cook under my tank top.
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Cheyenne Howe
5/3/2012 12:54:38 pm
I was walking along the sandy shores or a bright and colorful day. I walked until i came across a what seemed like a discarded row boat. If it did belong to someone i wouldn't think that they would mind if i borrowed it for a little while. Just so i could go out to the lagoon. So with out a second thought i hopped in and rowed to the lagoon. As i traveled out towards the lagoon the waves started to get rough.
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Harrison T. C. Hall
5/3/2012 08:20:42 pm
A violent storm started to kick in and my poor little boat started to fall apart. So I did the only logical thing... I hung on a peice of wood for dear life. The next thing I know, some debris hit me in the back of the head and I was knocked out cold.
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Jeneva Faulk
5/3/2012 09:50:23 pm
- If i was on the boat and i cant see any land i dont know what i would do but too look dry , but i know that i would have my cell phone and i would call for help to come and get me asap , but untill the come i would just sit in the boat and just think about every thing like food , home , but i would mostly think about Shopping ,
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Alexis Morgan
5/3/2012 10:07:48 pm
I was at the beach with my family. We were on our family vacation. its always fun, we were on the beach one day, and i decided to go walking. i saw an old rowe boat, i didnt see anyone else, i didnt think anyone would mind if i borrowed it.
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amaure bing
5/3/2012 10:30:33 pm
i would try to call for help and jump out and swim to shore or if i cant i would tkry to row back and swim in the pacfic i would be screaming because u cant do nothing but to stay there or jump out in drown in the water i would stay untill the current stop and row back to the shore and be a lonly boy and if my parnets ask me were i was i said i was on a adventrue and be a fisher man in catch some fish in be back in a couple of days in be a old fisher man and peolpe gouing to ask me how i got out of the current and be a number one person who ever did that before it going to be surprise because u dont see that often in the pacfic people get lost because all u see is water nothing but water that going to be hartd to do because u cant keep rowing all the time it hard to find some shore in the middle of no where it hard in your arms you cant just and u would have to give up
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Abigail Engel
5/3/2012 11:02:02 pm
I can still hear my parents yelling, & i'm just striving to get away. I walk from our hut to the soft beach sand. As i'm walking up towards the ocean, I begin to see something. Yet, i can't make out what the object is. I walk closer & realize that it's a tiny row boat. Only fitted to seat around two or three. Hoping to get away I hop in.
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caitlin ertzberger
5/3/2012 11:25:55 pm
if i was stuck in a row boat , not knowing where i needed to go i would try my hardest to go and find land. I wouldnt try to fight the current. If you fight the current then it only makes you more tired. You should always go with the current. An why your in the ocean in the boat look for a saftey kit. You never know how long your going to be stuck out in the ocean. You will eventually need food and water.
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Wesley
5/3/2012 11:28:34 pm
If i was being sucked out to sea i would probley panic.Honestly i would just kick back and relax until someone came looking for me.If you are so many miles out where you cant even see the land then no one will hear you so why try to yell.The only thing you could do is save your energy and hope someone comes for you fast.
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kayla chistmas
5/3/2012 11:34:58 pm
If that happend to me... i would call my little brother christopher to come save me. He could be like a hero. He used to do that whole capatain thing were he thought he was a here. So now he really could be a hero... of course withthe help of like my mom because he is only 8. So if i was being dragged away were there was no land i would call my little brother to save me. even though he is 8, he trys to act all big and bad and protective... he said he was going to kill my boyfirend because we were at prom together(no offense hunter.. he doesnt mean it) so i know he would be out there as soon a possible to save me!!!
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Jamaica bell
5/3/2012 11:35:58 pm
I was one my boat having a good time with this new rowboat I just found. I tried to get to land when all of a sudden a current was pulling me back and that thing was extra strong. I was screaming help but theres was no one out there to help or they hust couldnt her me.It started to come above the water and I was really scared. WHen it was almost out it pulled me underneath the water.
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Kirsten Burgess
5/3/2012 11:39:37 pm
If I did take a row boat and got lost in a current and I scream for help because, that would be my first instink. After a while if nobody was coming I would try to row again. Now if that didnt help I would wait till it stoped. Once it stoped i would take a good look around and see what there is. If I didnt see anybody or land i would row forward.
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Kirstenburgess
5/3/2012 11:43:29 pm
If I did take a row boat and got lost in a current and I scream for help because, that would be my first instink. After a while if nobody was coming I would try to row again. Now if that didnt help I would wait till the current stoped. Once it stoped i would take a good look around and see what there is. If I didnt see anybody or land i would row forward. I would evenually find something. Once i find land or people i would find some food.
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Patrick Begley
5/4/2012 12:13:26 am
I was rowing a little row boat I found at got swept out to the ocean. I was so scared I didnt know what to do. I couldnt even see land. I knew which direction I came from so I kept the boat pointing that way. I decided on trying to find a way back that didnt have a current. I rowed untill I found a spot. I took a break to let my arms rest before I went for the long row.
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Brandon Hudson
5/4/2012 12:34:08 am
Well one day I was walking on a beach in the south Pacific. THenout of nowhere i see this old looking rowboat. I decied," Hey, noone will really mind if I borrow it right." So I hope in it and it starts to pull me me out to sea. So I think ok just a little current I'll just row out of it. That didnt work to well. I tried and tried but the boat kept going out farther into the sea. Pretty soon I couldn't see land.
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jake Hahn
5/4/2012 12:35:09 am
If I took a row boat and got stranded, the first thing I would do was scream for help. Maybe someone would hear me and come rescue me! I might get out and swim to land, but there might be sharks! So I would just sit and wait. Eventually I would end up on an island or something. Then I could make a plan!
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Ryley Flathman
5/4/2012 12:40:58 am
Ive been on this beach for as long as i can remeber. I was counting the days. They seemed to go on forever so I stoped. Its very beautifukl here, but so lonly. Will I ever get to experience the confert of my bed agian. Thee warmth of my Nana hugging me? I pray I do.
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Quevon Spriggs
5/4/2012 12:42:18 am
Alright first of all I would not be stupid enough to take someone else's boat out to sea. I am afraid of the sea, but since I wasn't thinking I got stranded. I have no cell phone, no food or water, and no way to get in touch with anyone. The first thing that I would do is look at the water. Then I would put my feet in the water and feel around for movement I didn't feel movement then I would jump out of the boat and go swim to shore.
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Emily Haar
5/4/2012 07:43:39 am
I have a situation. I am out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. I cannot see land, and I'm starting to get real scared. I'm probably going to die. I just know I am. As I was thinking this, I looked in the bottom of the rowboat and saw a little red tackle box. I quickly opened it to see if there was anything useful at all.
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Zaria Nixon
5/4/2012 08:51:29 am
We just saw the boat sitting there. We figured it was abandoned. It was just me and my brother. There was plenty of time before we had to come home, about five or ten minutes. That’s plenty of time to row out to the lagoon real quick and come back. At least we thought it was. We were so excited. Within minutes of getting on the row boat, we were dragged out into the ocean. Thinking that the current wasn’t very strong, we tried to row back. The force was as strong as a car speeding into another car. Before we knew it, we were drifting through the ocean as the land slowly seemed smaller and smaller.
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carley ennis:)
5/4/2012 11:27:40 pm
If that ever happend to me i would jump right out of the row boat and start swimming to shore.Taking a row boat out into the ocean would be the worse thing you could ever do because of the current.And plus if it wasn't even mine or if i didn't ask i wouldnt take it out into the ocean because you never know what would or could happen out there.That would be the worse and wrong thing to do .
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savannah
5/5/2012 12:23:50 am
If I was pulled out of the laggon to the ocean by the current I would begin to panic,I'm sure. I think the best thing i could do is ether wait for help. Well if i had my cellphone on me when it happend i would first try calling someone. Usaully in scary movies or the bad parts of storys the cellphones dont have sevice. so ill exclude the idea of actually using one. So i would wait panicing in a row boat, id pobally die or something. logiclly i really wouldnt die, but you know..
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NOEL NEWTO
5/5/2012 01:28:21 pm
I'm going to be honest here. I have no magical abilities or seret genie lamps hidden in my back pocket. I would die. As cheerful as that is, it is true. I don't have the musles to row myself in. I'm too lazy to swim in. There is nothing to eat or drink. I'm in the hot sun. Yep, I'd be dead in a matter of days.
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Trevor Usher
5/6/2012 09:20:43 pm
I would paddle. Thats all I could do. If I paddle in the right dirrection, I will reach land soon. There is a better chance that I will not paddle in the right dirrection. If I do that then im in trouble. The point is I dont want to get lost. I dont know how I would get water. I dont even have any ideas. I have an idea for food. You might find seaweed floating. If you let it dry out, then it isnt bad. Also you could stun fish. If you hit the water hard, a fish will stop. Then you pick it up and eat it. I would look for any signs of a boat. I could also look for a hellicopter. I would hope my parents are looking for me. They would notice I was missing. They would have searech parties looking for me. I would soon be safe.
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Ken Oliver
5/7/2012 06:02:56 am
Sweet a boat, I thought, no one would mine if I take this puppy out for a spin. I climbed in it and started to row out to the edge of the lagoon. Then a current came and swept me and the boat out to sea. I tried to fight the current but it was too strong. It carried me out to see.
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Alex Gastom
5/7/2012 06:42:44 am
If I ever got caught in a situation like that , I'd go to a ship and if there is no ship this is what I'll do. First , I'd yell and beg people to help , if that don't work then I'd go underwater , look for a dolphin , and ride it back to shore. If that dint work , then I'll call 911 with my international cell phone.
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brandon lee
5/8/2012 07:43:53 am
I would not jump out or try to fall out.I would stay in and rest and row.I would also make a spear out of one of the ores.I will have to provide till I get to land.I will try to also make a shelter from the sun and rain.I will make it detectable so if I find land.I will stay like this for a while.
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Monjena Green
5/9/2012 12:08:54 am
If I got into a rowboat and the wave current took me out in to the ocean If I got into a rowboat and the wave current took me out in to the oeacn i would jump out and swim back to shore .And swim as fast as I can to make shore nothing is following me and if I can't do that then I would stay in the boat until the waves come down and stuff like that .And let me take me were ever it takes me .
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Lera Edenfield
5/9/2012 12:21:16 am
If I were to be stuck in the ocean with just a rowboat, I would stay in the rowboat and wait until the current has stopped. I would discover the life I see along the way. If I could find any old things on my trip, I would keep them and show them to whomever I come across to ask about it.
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Macaila Brown
5/9/2012 12:28:01 am
If i was about to die in the middle of the lagoon, i would pray. I pray every night, but i would pray more than i have ever in my life. I would just want to live. But, if that was to happen i would stop fighting it. As soon as i wasnt able to see land anymore, i would stop fighting the current. I would stop because there wouldnt be a use. You can never be stronger than the water. The water is and always will be stronger than any living thing.
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kathrine tielking
5/9/2012 03:29:15 am
i was on a trip with my family in the South Pacific. One day while walking on the beach,i discovered an old rowboat. i did not think that anyone would mind if i had borrowed it for a short time, so i got in it and begin to row out into the lagoon. As i reached the edge of the lagoon, a current begins to pull my boat into the ocean. i tried to row back, but the current is too strong. Before long,i could no longer see land. i was afraid. scared as i had never been scared before. frightened like no other time. i was in tears and had been for since i realized i was lost at sea. it was dark now and i figured my parents were were as scared as me if not more because i didn't even twll them were i was or what i was doing. i did not have anything to do because i left my phone in the truck cause i thought i would be swimming. it was cold; all i had on was a swimming suit. i did not know what to do but i knew i had to do something.so i thought and thought and thought some more.
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Dyshawn Akins
5/10/2012 04:24:57 am
So, im out there in the middle of the ocean with no one around. there is no one in my eye-sight. i was getting very worried. i had nothing at all to do. i was afraid. i started to cry because i was alone and im hardly ever alone. the ocean was barren.
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Kirsten Burgess
5/10/2012 10:23:10 am
If me and my mom toke a row boat and got lost in a current, we would scream for help because, that would be my first instinct. After a while if nobody was coming we would try to row again. Now if that didn't help we would wait till the current stopped. Once it stopped I would take a good look around and see what there is. If I didn't see anybody or land we would row forward. We would eventually find something. Once we find land or people we would look for some food and water .
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:)KRISTINA JONES(:
5/11/2012 01:23:42 am
day one,
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Chris Kunkel
5/12/2012 02:03:14 pm
If I had gone into a row boat and got swept out by a current I'd come up with a plan. First I would get the boat in a current heading for land. Then I'd make a fishing pole out of some wood. I'd get the wood on the side of the boat. I'd fish to help the time go by and for food.
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nicholas bidwell
5/13/2012 02:34:57 am
As I get drifted out into the ocean I wonder how ,and what I am going to do to survive this. I tried to row , but no matter what I just got pulled further into the current, so I gave up. It has been about a week in the ocean. I found some string in the boat and a stick, so I fished for food. I have been surviving off of dead fish. I think I found land, but their is no telling. Wait it is land. Now that I am on land I make a shelter, and a fire. I boil i supply of water. Make a bed and wait. I write on the shore sos. Two weeks later a plane comes and sees my signal and tips its wing. An hour later a helicopter came and picked my up.
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Hannah Traynor
5/14/2012 06:48:29 am
Oh no! what am I going to do!!! This is the oldest boat on the planet! No. No. This cant be happening! This current is way too strong for me to get back! I cant see anything. all I see is the endless ocean and the radiant sun. What can I do with that? Nothing. I have no food or water. I have to do it. I have to conquer my fear and swim in the open ocean. I don't what's in that water but hopefully I wont find out.
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Toby Martin
5/15/2012 08:06:15 am
I would sit and wait. then i would think about what i have done. then i would get out my cell phone and call 911 for help. i would then ask for the coast guard. so i would have to wait for them. i would also tell my family to keep a look for th Coast Guard or anyother ships that may be passing by. if i see a ship, i'd wave my arms from side to side.
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Toby Martin
5/16/2012 10:32:23 am
i have to make sure that the boat is not leaking. i also need to know how we are going to get back to shore. that's only if the coast guard doesn't come. plus i will have a lot of time to think about all this. and to think why did i have to get my family into this mess.
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matthew fortson
5/17/2012 09:07:11 am
Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.Noooooooooooooooo.This is not good.Im proably about to die.This current is very strong.This boat is probably about to fall appart.I hope I dont die.
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Brendan Haviland
5/17/2012 09:49:13 am
As I looked around the fading horizon, i could only think of the pain and misery that will surround me. My worrysome self slowly lost help in any sort of immeditate rescue. I was laying of my stomach trying to keep the sun out of my skin thinking about my regrets to not tell anybody about my destination. Maybe this was my last boat ride? NO! I thought to myself, i couldn't give up hope. Only if i could reach an island. Abanded or not, i could set up a shelter. Only if this swelterwing heat didn't beat upon my head.
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matthew fortson
5/17/2012 01:44:08 pm
One day while on a trip with my family.I found a really cool robot.I dusted it off.I looked at it.I searched the whole body.For a switch.Yes I found it.
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Kiarra W
5/17/2012 02:11:50 pm
Its Finally Summer and I am ready for my vacation! This year, its going to be in Hawaii and you can bet im as happy as a fat kid on his birthday! I've been putting together outfits for weeks. Im still not sure what would fit. My mom and dad say I should take it easy for the packing, but im too excited to rest as the days go by. My brother has no emotion for the trip, but my sister feels the same as me. We cant wait to go shopping up there!
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Christopher Stefan
8/6/2012 11:40:51 am
Well im stranded with no idea of wich way to go, so i guess ill just start rowing. On my journey home i encounter some dolphins, and since im going to be stranded for a while i guess i will make some friends. I do a majestic dive into the water so I dont scare off the dolphins. As i was swimming around and playing with these incredible dolphins an idea dawns on me. i can have the dolphins pull my boat for me. Ofcourse i didnt just use them for that they were my friends that i jumped in and played with as well. As we traveled I felt even closer to the dolphins they never left my side.
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Jordan Robinson
8/9/2012 02:33:22 am
After that current pulled us out into the middle of the seaall of us were pretty worked up. My dad calmed us down and told us that we would have to stay calm to get out of this mess we were in. So we all decided that we would first let the currents take us in whatever direction they wanted to. Once we saw which direction we were being pulled, we started to row in that direction and then every hour or so we would recheck which way the currents were going.
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Bryce young
8/9/2012 07:16:51 am
So hear i am in a small row boat so far from land i cant see it.my only suplies are rope a camp burner a deep see fishing pole and some fuel.
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Jared Holland
8/9/2012 10:25:01 am
If I was swept out to the South Pacific in a row boat I would see what I have. I have two flares, and old flashlight, a broken piece of mirror, a sea whistle, and an old airhorn. After I annalized what I had I thought that I had something to work with. I tried to paddle back in the general direction I came from. After about an hour of paddling my arms grew tired. I got a pretty good distance, but still couldn't see land. So I decided to tacke a nap to rest my muscles anad to think on what to do.
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8/10/2012 10:50:18 pm
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