Description of Easter
Description of Easter
Jack sat in his cabin staring at the fire for hours..... How would he get home for Easter? He was all the way in Alaska and his family was in Florida. He got up and walked around thinking about what he could do to get home. His sled! He would take his sled into town about 80 miles south and get a ride to the airport. Jack hitched up his sled dogs, packed all his belongings, and headed off towards town. Jack noticed that it was getting dark, he thought he should set up camp before it got dark. The tent went up quickly and the fire started right after. After a good meal Jack was off to bed. The next morning he woke up to find nothing. His sled and dogs had disappeared into the night when he was sleeping, all that was left was a few rations and some odd supplies. Jack figured that there was no reason to sit around feeling sorry for himself so he started walking. Jack walked about 10 miles over the next 4 nights and then he had to stop from exhaustion. He set up what he had for camp and went to sleep. The next morning he awoke to the sound of dogs.
What luck, a person in a sled dog race had stumbled upon his shabby camp and stopped to see if he needed any help. Jack quickly told the man about his predicament and the man said he would gladly help being that Jacks destination was on his way. Once Jack go to town he gave the man who helped him out the little money he had in return for the favor. The man gladly accepted it and left. Just then Jack realized that he had no money to buy his plane tickets.
He tried flagging down the already half gone samaritan, but it was too late, he was out of sight. Jack spent the next week working in a appliance store in the town for some money. Once he gathered up all his pay he bought the plane ticket. Heading out to the airport Jack thought about how exciting it would be to see his family for the first time in 3 years, the thought of...