Finn had ransacked each town he came across, but he never found anything magnificent. He found less and less in each town. Finn knew if he didn’t find something to ease the grumbling of his stomach, he was going to die.
Finn and the hound had traveled at least two miles when the sun started to sink below the trees. Finn pulled out his thermometer to see if the temperature had changed. His eyes had to focus on the tiny numbers for a minute before he read “negative seventeen” out loud. Finn knew he why he couldn’t feel his toes anymore. They were frostbitten and turning blue.
He decided he wasn’t going to stop and try to build a fire that night. He wanted to get to wherever this dog had been staying to be in this good of condition. As Finn drug his feet through the ice he began to lose all hope. He was so cold that he thought his teeth were going to break from chattering and clanking together. …show more content…
He started to run with the last bit of hope left in his soul. The mut got very excited and started barking and jumping around Finn. There was a gate fifteen feet ahead of him with a torch hanging from the brick column. Three men stepped out from behind the gate with spears pointed at Finn.
“Bear, come now,” a deep raspy voice commanded. “And who are you?” echoed the same man.
“My name is Finn,” he jolted back.
“What do you think you’re doing with our dog?” asked another one of the men.
“He found me a few miles south and I decided to follow him to see how he is managing to survive in this bitter world,” muttered Finn.
“You think you were just going to walk into our town with a warm welcome?” shouted the first
Finn and the hound had traveled at least two miles when the sun started to sink below the trees. Finn pulled out his thermometer to see if the temperature had changed. His eyes had to focus on the tiny numbers for a minute before he read “negative seventeen” out loud. Finn knew he why he couldn’t feel his toes anymore. They were frostbitten and turning blue.
He decided he wasn’t going to stop and try to build a fire that night. He wanted to get to wherever this dog had been staying to be in this good of condition. As Finn drug his feet through the ice he began to lose all hope. He was so cold that he thought his teeth were going to break from chattering and clanking together. …show more content…
He started to run with the last bit of hope left in his soul. The mut got very excited and started barking and jumping around Finn. There was a gate fifteen feet ahead of him with a torch hanging from the brick column. Three men stepped out from behind the gate with spears pointed at Finn.
“Bear, come now,” a deep raspy voice commanded. “And who are you?” echoed the same man.
“My name is Finn,” he jolted back.
“What do you think you’re doing with our dog?” asked another one of the men.
“He found me a few miles south and I decided to follow him to see how he is managing to survive in this bitter world,” muttered Finn.
“You think you were just going to walk into our town with a warm welcome?” shouted the first