Living in the woods.

I have lived in the city for very long time and I am sick and tired of people telling me what to

do, whats right and whats wrong. I completaly dislike people telling me that I can’t do

something. I had to get away, so I grabed cantain, lighter, strings, and hatchet and went to the

woods. I needed to get away. Find myself.

It was dark and cold summer night. I stoped at the middle of the woods and set up a fire with

a lighter I have found in my pocket and dry wood that was near me. I layed down next to the

fire and fell asleep right away. In the morning the a sound of birds woke me up. The beautiful

sounds of birds, so much better then little kids throwing rocks at your window. The smell of

trees and flowers, you can accually breath. In the City and in the neighbrhood you smell

factories and cigaretes.

I gat hungry so I went for a walk to see if I could find something to eat, I took my cantain and a

bag with me. Not too far from where I was I have found bush of berries near a flowing river. It

was really hard to find ripe berries. I only gat a bag of berries to eat. I puted water in my cantain

and then I jumped in the river, so I’d washed up a little. After my river bath, I had to find some

wood and gather it together so I could build a cabin, where I could stay. I went back to my fire

place and took my hatchet and went to find a good wood then I took it to my fire place. I

cleaned up the ground with my hatchet and started tieing some woods together. I have finished

tieing ground of the cabin. I also made myself a spear for hunting and when I saw a deer around

I killed it. At first I felt sorry for the animal but I had to do it, I had to eat something in order to

survive. I made a blanket out of the deers skin to keep me warm at night. I puted the deersmeat

over the fire, now I have food supply for at least a week. I was getting late again. I layed down

on a wooden ground and deers skin looking up the stars. The stars are so much visible here in

the woods then in the City. I felt so relaxed and free, I could focus on my thoughts for the first

time.

In the morning the sound of birds woke me up again. It’s a sunny day and I have everything I

need, I just need to finish building walls and roof. So I gat to it. I gathered wood together tied it

up and I had one side done. I was very proud of my work. I never thought I’m going to be

building anything. I ate someof the deers meat that I had from the other night and gat back to

work building my cabin. I gathered some more wood together and tied it up and had another

side done, now I just need roof.

I ran out of water so I went to the river with my cantain to get the water. On a way back it

Started poreing. I used deers skin as a roof. It rained for at least five hours. In the morning all

the wood was wet, so I could not really do anything with it.

I went fishing, so I could eat something else other then deer and I also gat more berries.

When the trees dried I took my hatchet and gat wood and gathered it together so I could finish

my roof, I tied peaces together really tight incase of storm coming in, and I was done with

building my cabin.

Everytime I hunt an animal I used its skin for something. I would use it fordacorating the cabin

inside and out. I lived of nature for three years then I decided to go back to my City life. I just

wanted to prove myself and others that I can do things myself. To clear my head, and to find

who I am and what am I worth. Now I now that I can not allow anyone stending in my way, and

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