Personal Narrative-The Woods

The Woods

The moon shined so bright, in my small town of Oakville, that you could see it in every corner of town. The summer days were slowly drifting away, and every kid in the town were getting their last burst of fun, including me. “I’m done washing the dishes! I’m gonna go hangout with Sam,” I screamed to my dad. “Okay Emma, but just don’t wander too far, and I don’t want you going in those woods,” he exclaimed. The woods were right in our backyard, and directly west of the town, in the unknown of Maine. I slipped on dirty, gray flip-flops and looked in the mirror. As usual, I saw the same pale skin and freckles I had always seen. I ran outside, meeting Sam in my backyard. She smiled and said, “let’s go.” I smiled back, so lucky

As usual, I protested with her idea. “I can’t tell whether I’m looking at dirt, or your brown hair, and Emma, your face is all dirty, and I bet you’re tired too,” she said. I knew she was right, but I didn’t want to miss the adventure that could be. Since, we did not know where we were, I thought that we should just walk back in the general direction from where we came from. I kept telling myself there was no need to panic yet. Our talking continued, until I noticed we walked past the same exact bush with the yellow flowers twice, there was no other bush like this, so I knew we had walked in a circle. Sam and I panicked for a short bit, until I remembered that Sam is exceptionally good at climbing trees. Since it was dark, and the only light we had was from the moon, we agreed that she should climb up to the top of one of the trees and look for lights in Oakville. Sam carefully climbed up, step by step, and once she got the highest she could, she looked around. “I don’t see anything,” she proclaimed. Extremely worried, I had her come down. I kept thinking that we were never going to get out of here, my dad was going to be so mad and scared I went into the woods, If I listened to him, this would never have happened. I must have been showing my emotions because Sam kept trying to reassure me that it was going to be okay. I started think of how I was going to get out of the predicament. I kept pacing around leaving marks from where my feet