Megan stopped and stared into the trees. Her feet were hurting from all the pebbles she had stepped on the ground was hard. And she had dragged her fired legs through thony shrubs and bushes. She crouched down and took a deep breath. Where was she would she ever get out She tried to push down her growing panic
She wished she had brought along her compass. But when she had packed her things this morning for her hike, the thouge that she could get lost never read her
mind. Now she was running through the woods trying to find a way out. What if she couldne She had no food, no water, no nothing She watched helplessly as the las
rays of the sun disappeared beneath the treetops. The darkness of night settled over the woods. Never in her life had she known such darchess. It felt like it was alive
It felt like it ves reaching out through the trees to swallow her. She put her head in her hand, and cried