Ian Erlenbusch
2/11/2015
4th Block
The Sweat Drenched Jamboree
It was the
middle of the summer, the year 2014. Ethan, John, AJ, David, Alec, and I came
out of the woods drenched in sweat and dirt. We were previously shooting at
each other with airsoft guns and running around the thirty acres of land AJ’s
dad owned about 2 miles away from Spin Lake near Danvers. I was there because
it was AJ’s birthday. We rounded AJ’s parents very large storage shed to see
AJ’s father starting a flame. It didn’t start quite well so he smothered a
piece of newspaper with some sort of gas. He lit the newspaper and tossed it
into the pile of logs. My friends and I started to set up the tents as AJ
father went back to his house. It didn’t take long to set up the small tent but
there was a large tent as well. It took 15 minutes to set up but by that time
the logs were being hugged by the flame. AJ’s father returned with the good
ballpark hotdogs, buns, marshmallows, Crackers so we had something to place the
molten marshmallows on, Hershey chocolate bars, Doritos, plates, and Mt. Dew.
I waited for
the fire to brew a bit more before I started cooking my hotdog. I don’t put my
hotdog over the fire for long, because it will be cooked within 1 or 2 minutes.
As I sat down, several birds started chirping in the woods. It was getting dark
by the time we decided to start cooking marshmallows and coyotes started
howling in the distance. I lighted my marshmallow on fire by accident and
quickly tried to put it out while the guys started laughing because I was
failing miserably to put it out. The marshmallow just fell off into the fire
pit before it was put out. John said he had to wiz so we let him do his
business when some of AJ’s dogs decided to pay David, Ethan, and I a visit
which was nice. Looking into the Doritos bag, there weren’t many left so I just
took the bag with me to my set and ate the rest of it. David and AJ started
talking about knives and axes and sharpening them which eventually led to AJ
running into the house to grab his machete and tomahawk so that David could
sharpen them. John came back and sat down next to me. I was staring intently at
the fire so I didn’t notice him at the time.
It started
to get cold and my sweat drenched jacket I forgot to take off wasn’t helping,
so I took off the jacket and moved closer to the fire so I could utilize the
heat it was producing. AJ finally came back with his stuff and let David
sharpen them. I pulled out my torch so that I could go and snatch some Mt. Dew
from the shed that was right behind me. As I was walking over I heard something
from the trees about 60 feet away from me so I whipped my head around to see
what it was. Two yellow eyes glared in the dark, so I hurried into the shed and
out. John said” Why didn’t you get me one” to which I replied” because you
don’t like Mt. Dew nor did you ask for me to get you a drink”. John then said”
well can you get me something?” ”No, you have legs don’t you? Use them.”
The fire
started dwindling down so AJ added a fire-starter for some odd reason.” Why did
you add an entire fire starter”, asked David. “Because I can’t tell the
difference”, AJ said flatly. “What is the difference”, asked John but his
question was ignored. “What time is it?” I questioned. David pulled out his
phone and said “8:36.” “I am far too tired for it to be just 8:36!” I
responded. “Running around can wear you down.” “But still, I could run around
all day and still stay up till midnight”. John started crawling into one of the
tents because he was tired and so did Alec which caused everyone else but me to
unanimously vote to go to sleep which mad me a bit mad. I decided to roast one
last marshmallow as everyone went to sleep. After that I crawled into the
larger tent pulled out my phone and started playing Clash of Clans, which I am
still addicted to. My phone promptly died so I closed my eyes and tried to
sleep but all I could think of were the yellow eyes “staring into my soul”. I
woke up to find that it was early morning and everything was fine. The fire
still sizzled and popped as the fire starter had lasted long through the night.
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