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we can see any immediate signs of wildlife. It’s pretty quiet, except for the wind and a few tree frogs croaking.
    “I think we should try another spot. I don’t think we’re going to have much luck here,” I whisper to Alex and he nods. I’m glad I have my sneakers on, as it’s very muddy here.
    “I agree. Let’s walk around this pond and see if there is another pond a little further back. I don’t want to leave until we at least shoot t hese guns once,” Alex says in a grim tone.
    “By the way, before I forget, I’m going to have a party at my house tomorrow for my birthday. Would you like to come?” I ask him.
    “Sure. Will Jenn be there? Just kidding, man, sounds fun to me. Count me in,” he replies.
    As we get close to the end of the pond, out of nowhere Alex falls down a muskeg hole. Alex screams as he falls into the huge hole. It looks nearly 7 feet deep. I’m lucky enough that there was some space between us so I didn’t fall in as well.
    “ Alex, are you okay? Did you break anything?” I start to shout and panic a bit, waiting for Alex to respond. I’m afraid to get too close; I don’t want the ground on the edge to cave in under me.
    “Yeah,” he groans, “I’m fine. I don’t think I broke anything, but it’s too high for me to get out. Can you reach over and let me try to grab your hand?” Alex’s voice is in a panic.
    Now I really wish I had brought some rope and my other supplies. I lay down next to the hole, trying to find a stable spot so I don’t fall in as well. I hold my foot against a tree root for stability and try to reach for Alex’s arm but he’s just down too far for me to reach him.
    “I can’t reach. Let me think for a minute,” I say as my mind is racing. I’m looking around everywhere for something long enough for Alex to grab onto.
    I don’t want to use the rifle because it’s not safe. I keep telling myself not to panic, that we’ll figure this out.
    “Hurry up! I don’t like it down here. There are ants crawling all over me and I keep sliding down every time I try to grasp something to climb up. It’s too wet , and I’m soaked in mud,” Alex yells, as it seems that his panic is starting to take over just a bit.
    I walk over to a tree that has a broken branch hanging off of it, and I start to tug at it to get it loose. It’s thick enough that I think it will hold Alex’s weight to pull him up, so I run back to the hole with it and tell Alex, “Try climbing up this branch. I’ll hold it and pull while you try to climb out.”
    I get my feet positioned so I don’t fall in as well and hang over as much as I can to lower the branch down to Alex. He’s able to grasp it and he starts to climb the wall, but he keeps sliding back down.
    “I can’t do it,” Alex yells. I can tell he’s starting to give up. I really don’t want to leave him because I may not be able to find my way back to this exact spot.
    “Try again ! Use your arms to pull yourself up the branch. I’ll pull as well,” I tell him while still in the same position, ready to try and pull him up. Alex grabs the branch again and starts to slowly pull himself up, every now and then trying to put his feet against the wall. I start to pull the branch up at the same time as he’s climbing up and he finally gets up close enough to grab my hand. I drop the branch and pull him out of the hole.
    “You look gross,” I say as I’m laughing , out of breath. He’s covered in mud, water, and leaves.
    “Oh yeah, I’ll show you gross,” he says while chasing me around to rub the mud on me.
    As we’re running, we turn a corner and both come to a full stop and try to stand as quiet as we can. We’re a couple of feet away from a huge brown bear that’s snarling and showing its teeth, saliva hanging from the sides of its mouth, growling at us. I guess we were in its territory and it saw us way before we saw it. We don’t have our guns loaded yet either, so they’re useless to us at the