On the Inside
Diary Entry: Twitch
Man, this was, like, the most exciting day since I got here. First Magnet
comes up to me when I'm halfway through my hole and says 'wanna steal the
watch truck?' And I wasn't gonna turn that down, was I? I mean, it ain't
the fanciest car but it's the only one around. So when Mr Sir pulled up to
fill the canteens I slipped in. Mr Sir carries the keys with him when he
gets out more, after what happened with Caveman but that didn't matter. Boy
was Magnet impressed! I got that thing hotwired so fast! It was wicked!
So Magnet jumped in and we took off. Immediately there were yells behind
us. I assumed it was Mr Sir screaming at us and D-Tent cheering but
suddenly Magnet said 'stop!' in a strange sort of strangled voice, so I
breaked and Magnet jumped out and ran back. I did the same, so could see
what was so important that Magnet would abort our escape plan.
It was Squid, and he was dead. At least, that's what I thought. He was on
the ground and Mr Sir was giving him CPR.
At first I thought I'd run him over but then I realised he was ages away
from the truck so I couldn't have. Magnet kept asking 'what happened? What
happened?' but no one seemed to know.
Man, Squid was so pale and I saw that X-Ray was right about him not eating
'cause Squids worksuit was open and you could see his rips pressing against
his t-shirt.
X-Ray took Mr Sirs walkie talkie and called the Warden, who called the
hospital and an hour later a chopper turned up and loaded Squid in and took
off again.
And we still had to dig out holes! But Mr Sir didn't say anything about his
truck!
After we'd finished digging and everything had calmed down, we hung out in
the tent.
Magnet started asking 'what happened?' again, until X-Ray finally answered,
"He had a heart attack."
Everyone was quiet, until I couldn't stand it anymore and asked how he
knew.
X-Ray sighed, "My Old Man had one a few years ago. I know the symptoms. And
he just died of one last week."
No one said anything else that night, not even me.
(On more entry! X-Ray again.)
Diary Entry: Twitch
Man, this was, like, the most exciting day since I got here. First Magnet
comes up to me when I'm halfway through my hole and says 'wanna steal the
watch truck?' And I wasn't gonna turn that down, was I? I mean, it ain't
the fanciest car but it's the only one around. So when Mr Sir pulled up to
fill the canteens I slipped in. Mr Sir carries the keys with him when he
gets out more, after what happened with Caveman but that didn't matter. Boy
was Magnet impressed! I got that thing hotwired so fast! It was wicked!
So Magnet jumped in and we took off. Immediately there were yells behind
us. I assumed it was Mr Sir screaming at us and D-Tent cheering but
suddenly Magnet said 'stop!' in a strange sort of strangled voice, so I
breaked and Magnet jumped out and ran back. I did the same, so could see
what was so important that Magnet would abort our escape plan.
It was Squid, and he was dead. At least, that's what I thought. He was on
the ground and Mr Sir was giving him CPR.
At first I thought I'd run him over but then I realised he was ages away
from the truck so I couldn't have. Magnet kept asking 'what happened? What
happened?' but no one seemed to know.
Man, Squid was so pale and I saw that X-Ray was right about him not eating
'cause Squids worksuit was open and you could see his rips pressing against
his t-shirt.
X-Ray took Mr Sirs walkie talkie and called the Warden, who called the
hospital and an hour later a chopper turned up and loaded Squid in and took
off again.
And we still had to dig out holes! But Mr Sir didn't say anything about his
truck!
After we'd finished digging and everything had calmed down, we hung out in
the tent.
Magnet started asking 'what happened?' again, until X-Ray finally answered,
"He had a heart attack."
Everyone was quiet, until I couldn't stand it anymore and asked how he
knew.
X-Ray sighed, "My Old Man had one a few years ago. I know the symptoms. And
he just died of one last week."
No one said anything else that night, not even me.
(On more entry! X-Ray again.)