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A Story Of A Short Story

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The air turned black all around me, there was no one and nothing in sight. I was wandering in the desert in the dark all alone. Me and two of my friends Jeffrey and Taylor took a trip to Egypt to see the nile river and explore the desert. So we were enjoying our trip when out of nowhere a sandstorm brewed up, The storm being so hectic caused us to be separated from each other. So I am now lost and alone. Up till the storm the trip had been fun filled and stress relieving. I wonder if my friends have been separated from each other. So after I finished processing what has happened and realize i cannot stay where i'm at. I am exposed to all elements of the night and only have a water canteen and a pocket knife. Because of the night I can hardly see anything, except a small body of water. At this time I was very thirsty so I stayed at the water hole for about 30 minutes, fill up my canteen one more time then left. I started walking over the sandy hills somewhat frightened by the thought of dying alone in a desert. As I walked for what felt like an eternity, I started to become more and more hungry. I saw a snake slithering across a bed of rocks and grabbed a smaller rock and threw it at the snake, crushing its head. I cooked it over a fire I made from dry weeds and slept by the fire that night . So as the sun began to rise I started to walk some more and in the horizon I saw a big figure. I was unsure of how far away it was and didn’t know if it was a real or a mirage. In

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