Imaginative Narrative Writing Assignment: A Rescue During the dark, in winter of 1847. A man with his wife, cursed by an unknown plague, trudged across snow covered fields. She had been sick for weeks but they planned to escape months ago, the man promised her they would find a doctor when they reached their new home, in southern canada. They set out from workhouse, both on foot, when the last candle in the house was blown out and they were sure they wouldn 't be seen. They walked nearly the whole night. The woman pleaded for her husband to stop so she could rest, he refused and the last time she asked he picked her up and put her on his back. The man grew tired his feet swollen and aching. He pushed forward still, the thought of his wife dying was what pushed him. He couldn 't bear to be alone, not now or ever. They met when they were only 8 years old and have been inseparable for …show more content…
The snow got deeper and the temperature continued to drop. The woman slept nearly the whole time but the man refused to give up, he knew his wife would just continue to get worse if she didn 't see a doctor within the next day or two. It would take at least another day the man thought looking at his feet as he kicked up snow dragging the sled. Slowly the wind began to pickup. It was the beginning of a blizzard. The man knew that if he stopped now he wouldn 't be able to start again. His wife shivered and his teeth chattered as he yanked the rope forward. His feet were bloody and sore but he persisted. Until finally he dropped to his knees with tears in his eyes. He tried to fight them back because they would sting his face but failed. He laid in the snow sobbing. He couldn 't help himself or his wife any longer. Through the heavy snow he saw a light. Faint and far away there was a lantern. He tried to call for help his lips chapped and faded. He screamed and yelled. The light was getting closer, brighter he thought as his eyes got