Short Story About The Bahamas

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Then I die. It all started when I was on my way to the Bahamas. Me and my family were all in high hopes of having a good vacation.
“So John what do you want to have to drink?” said Jenny. “What ever you get me is fine” says John. I head to the bathroom to splash my face to stay awake for the amazing views of the ocean. I find myself in the cockpit when I hear screaming from the front of the plane.
“John honey come back! What is happening!” screamed Darrell, Johns dad.
“Birds! Birds! Get away from them!” screams the main pilot. Then they hit. Screaming roars through out the plane from my family and others. The plane heads into a straight nose dive leaving me into nearly no gravity.
“Prepare for impact!” yells both of the pilots. Although
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Well if I plan to survive I need to make a shelter, find water, and make a spear of some kind to find food. I find a strong stick that I thought would be good for spear making. I use the small knife from the medkit that I found and began shaping the end into a point. Once I have the end of a spear I head to find palm trees for coconuts. With my new spear I use it to knock down coconuts for some sort of drinking source. Next I get palm tree leafs to begin making my new shelter. Right by the palm tree were some vines that would be good for weaving and making a shelter that would keep water out for rain, and keep my campfire dry. With everything made including my shelter with weaving and enough space to put a campfire I sit down and enjoy some coconuts by cracking them open with a sharp rock. As I enjoy the fresh coconuts I see crabs come up on shore enjoying little critters. I thought that would be quite a good dinner so I head over and use my new spear to kill a few crabs for dinner. With all the new things I gathered and made I gather materials including more vines, dry coconut hairs and a flexible stick to make a bow drill. I grab a dry piece of wood and make a bevel in it for the bow drill to do its work. I hold a rock on the top so it doesn’t hurt my hand and work it back and forth in hopes of making coal. Luckily it worked the way I liked and I set the coals in the dry material. I then

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