Under the Sand
Sand worked its way into my ears, nose, and mouth. I couldn’t hear anything except for the pounding of my heart as I was running out of time. My lungs were on fire as I tried to get out of the pit. It felts as if needles were poking holes into them and that they would be tattered before too long.I had been exploring a cave when there was a huge earthquake. The earthquake caused a pit to open in the ground right under me! I had fallen at least 5 feet until my body touched the ground. I immediately fell unconscious.
When I awoke, I was trying to breath. But as I opened my mouth sand poured in and caused me to choke. I was terrified. I was buried alive! I couldn’t think! The only thing running through my mind was breathe! But I couldn’t. If I opened my mouth, then the sand would fall in once again.
Fortunately, I was able to regain my focus for I was used to dangerous experiences. Though none had been this life-threatening. As quickly as I could, I tried to claw my way up and through the sand. This proved to be a difficult task. Whenever I moved some sand more sand would replace it.
I was running out of time. I had already been down here without oxygen for at least two minutes. Another two and I was dead. I clawed as much as I could. But my efforts resulted in a dead in. Before I could reach the top, I fell unconscious again.
***
The earthquake was over and I didn’t feel like getting stuck with helping everybody pick up the debris. So I slipped into the forest and decided to take a walk before going back home.
After a few minutes I ran across a cave. Curious, I went inside. Farther in there was a pit, which I figured was caused by the earthquake. When I looked closer, I though I saw something moving around under the sand.
Quickly, I jumped down into the pit and dug into the sand. There was a girl just falling unconscious. I pulled her out and onto the firm ground. Luckily she was breathing.
***
I opened my eyes and saw a boy leaning over me. Looking around I saw that I was no longer surrounded by sand. I took a deep breath of air and thought to myself. It’s amazing what is essential that people take for granted…
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posted by Larka Hiwatari @ 10:36 AM
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