I switched on my flashlight. I didn’t know what to expect as I entered the murky forest. The only other source of light came from the bright full moon. The air was wet and thin, it smelled like a swamp. I didn’t like to admit it but I was afraid.
‘Come on Ivy, if you ever want to get out of this place you have to make it to the wormhole on the other side,’ I reassured himself. I pointed my flashlight to the ground to see where I was going. An old looking path lead my way. As I went in deeper, light became more and more faint. I looked up and could barely see the, what was once so bright, moon.
Massive tree branches stretched over such a great area above me, it made me wonder how such a tree could balance it all. They tangled into each other making it almost impossible to tell which branches belonged to which tree. They were dark, perhaps in the middle stages of rotting. The trunks were colossal.
It would take at least four people with their arms stretched out to surround it fully. The smell rotten eggs overtook me by great surprise. Almost as if someone had directly sprayed the smell in my direction. I opened my mouth so I didn’t have to breathe through my nose. The path had begun to lighten. It was hard to tell where the path was now that I was almost halfway.
The immense tree roots didn’t help make it any clearer. I heard a rustling in one of the bushes behind me. Fear struck over me like lightning. I quickly spun around and pointed my flashlight to it. Its bright rays showed the bush was dark and dead looking. I stood there, waiting for whatever it was to come out and surrender.
The Term Paper on A Tree Grows In Brooklyn 6
Betty Werner Smith s unique ability to capture the reality of American society in the early nineteen hundreds is seen in the novel A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. The setting of the novel stems very much from the author s own childhood. Society can truly relate to this story, as it has a place in every American family s roots. The time-defying novel evokes sympathy by telling the story of a young ...
Nothing happened. I continued down the narrow path, dodging large tree roots every now and then when the beam of my flashlight became weaker and weaker. “No,” I said, starting to panic. I frantically searched my pockets hoping to magically find some batteries. No such luck. Within a minute I was surrounded by total darkness.
It took a moment for my eyes to adjust. I stuck out my arms and tried to ‘feel’ my way through the forest. Before I knew it I felt a cold breeze run past me. I knew it wasn’t something weather related. I stiffened up. I kept walking, slowly, trying not to run into anything.
I felt the breeze again. All of a sudden something grabbed me by both my arms from behind. I couldn’t help but let out a scream. I started to kick and fumble around, hoping it would let me go. I kicked back and hit something. The creature yelped and loosened its grip.
I jerked away from it and broke loose. I started running. I had no idea in which direction I was going, I just had to get away from it. By this time my heart was racing at a million kilometers an hour. It was a huge challenge to keep from running into bushes and trees. I kept my arms extended.
The tangled tree roots made me trip. I fell. It was almost like everything was happening in slow motion. A stinging pain shot up through my leg to my brain.
I felt the tears well up. I didn’t have time to feel the pain and cry. I got up and continued on, carefully listening if it was still behind me. The pain became almost unbearable. Each step felt like someone was stabbing my leg with a knife. I had to stop.
It was too much. I sat down on the ground. It was moist and wet, like it had just rained. I lay down on my back and inhaled deeply. The rotten egg smell had lifted. The darkness around me had lifted itself.
I looked up and saw the yellow moon glowing. I was at the edge of the forest, but was I on the correct side? A large dark figure sitting in the tree caught my eye. It looked almost like a massive bird. I slowly got up. As I did, the massive figure jumped out and landed on top of me. I fell back down.
It knocked out all the wind in my lungs and I was left panting heavily trying to fill my lungs up with air again. The creature lifted itself off of me and spread its wings. It was bigger than I thought, probably around three meters in height and extremely heavy. I got up and faced it. It was faceless. I couldn’t tell whether or not it had a mouth or eyes.
The Essay on The Pain Barrier
Lay upon the bed, coughing. Coughing so hard that it burst blood vessels. Agony was the only thing he could feel. He didn’t want to move, in fear of even more pain pulsating through out his body. Darren lay with his eyes closed and breathing deeply. “Its probably just food poisoning…” he thought to himself. His stomach churned. Another round of the sweats, tiny little droplets formed on his ...
It was blank; except for two deep red eyes. It had on a dark robe, with a hood covering its head. It looked almost human, I knew it wasn’t though. My heart was pounding.
A huge knot started to form itself in my throat. It was became increasingly difficult to breathe. With a lot of effort I managed to speak. “What are you?” I asked uneasily. It didn’t respond.
Instead it came closer to me. I backed up until a tree kept me from moving back any further. Finally it spoke, “Just keep still, this will all be over soon.” Its voice was deep. Like nothing I had ever heard before “What? No, please don’t.” It then turned its head and made its way towards my neck. That’s when I knew what was going to happen.
I was petrified. I didn’t know whether to scream or cry. A second later a short stinging pain entered my neck. The combination of hurt in my leg and neck made me feel queasy. Everything became hazy and white.
“See, I told you it would be over soon,” I heard the creature whisper. It let me go and I immediately collapsed onto the ground. My head fell to the side. I had no more control over my body.
There was nothing I could do to stop it anymore. I let it come over me like a huge wave. And just like that, it was over.
