Shira: "What are you gonna do...Tickle me to death"?
Mary: "Maybe...I'll keep that in mind"! "You have passed the test! Are you ready to get your first rabbit"?
Shira: "Yes, Yes, and YES"!
Mary: "Well someone is excited! The first think you HAVE to do to hunt is to smell out your prey."
Shira: "What does a rabbit smell like"?
Mary: "Well...um...uh...A rabbit smells like grass, and dirt with a hint of twig here and there".
Shira: "Sniff, sniff. Is that a rabbit"? (She said while pointing over to a tree)
Mary: "Sniff, sniff. Yes, that is a rabbit! You need to stalk up to it, pounce on it and bite as hard as you can".
Shira: "Okay!" (she starts stalking it) "I wonder what my mom and dad will do when I catch it"?
Mary: "My daughter is growing up so fast"! (She says with tears in her eyes)
Shira: "Almost there! Just a few feet away...POUNCE!" (and she instantly killed it).
Mary: (She runs up to Shira and hugs her) "Congratulations! You got your first rabbit...on your first try"!
Shira: "I...I... I actually got it! Lets go tell dad"!
Mary: "Okay, He said he is at the cliff where the waterfall is. We will go there but we have to be careful."
Shira: "Lets go"!
(Shira and Mary start walking toward the cliff, but they do not know that Shira's life is gonna change dramatically that day)
Mary: "Okay were here. He should be around somewhere. RICHARD, WHERE ARE YOU"!
Richard: "Over here! (he says while covering his ears)
Mary: "Oh...Sorry about yelling"!
Richard: "That's okay. Now, why are you here"?
Mary: "Shira caught her first animal, Its a bunny."
Richard: "She did! Congratulations Shira! I think someone deserves some extra caribou tonight"!
Shira: (Blushing). "Thank You, but it was very easy"!
Mary: "I forgot to mention, She got it on her FIRST try"!
Richard: "Shira! That is amazing! It took me a week to get a rabbit! Do you want to try and get something even bigger that a rabbit?"
Mary: "Remember she is still a cub."
Richard: "I know. I don't mean like a bear or anything. I was thinking of her getting a deer."
Mary: "Are you insane! Those things could put a hoof through your head"!
Richard: "Fine, I will wait until she is older. Shira, do you want to go learn how to catch a deer." (He leans over to mary and whispers) "I am teaching her to catch a deer. I'm not letting her catch a deer."
Mary: "Oh, Okay. Shira! Your dad is gonna teach you how to hunt deer."
Shira: "I'm coming"!
Mary: "Be careful this place is known for its rock slides"!
Richard: "Don't worry, we will."
(Richard and Shira start walking in the woods)
Shira: "Why is this place known for its rockfalls"?
Richard: "Its called that because...well, there are two cliffs one above us and one below us. So when it doesn't rain for a long time it tend to dry the dert up and it falls down. When it rains for a long time we get mudslides. There is also a few small glaciers at the bottom."
Shira: "You mean that we are on top of a cliff"!
Richard: "Yah, buts it not a long fall...maybe 50 feet."
Shira: "COOL"!
Richard: "We have to be careful because it hasn't rained for a week."
(Suddenly the piece of ground that Shira was standing on started to break off the cliff.)
Richard: "Shira, Don't move"!
(Then the piece fell of the cliff)
Shira: (Screaming at the top of her lungs) "Help"!
Richard: "SHIRA"!
(Mary comes out of the woods)
Mary: "What happened? Where's Shira?"
Richard: "She...um...fell of the cliff?"
Mary: "SHE FELL OFF THE CLIFF"!
(Mary and Richard look over the edge to see if she was okay)
Mary: "Are you okay"! (She yells down)
Shira: "I'm fine"! (she yells back) "The tide is pulling me away"!
Richard: "Whatever you do don't go off that piece of ice!
Shira: "But I am drifting away from home." (she says in tears)
Richard: "Don't worry! We will find you!
Shira: "Okay"! (she yells back before their voice is drowned out from the wind and water)
Mary: "Do you think we will ever see her again"?
Richard: "Don't worry, I know we will see her again."
Shira: "Well now I am alone. I can see what my food will be from now on. Breakfast - Fish, Lunch - Fish, Snack - Fish, Bedtime Snack - the same old stupid fish.
I AM GONNA HATE THIS TRIP!" (She yells)
Well there you go! The first cliffhanger in the story! Read, review and I'll see you next time! The next chapter will be up by Sunday!