Fictional Narrative

 This week we are learning about groundwater and glaciation. We're also supposed to write a fictional narrative, so here it goes and I hope you enjoy reading it.


Ed was riding horseback, through the forest trying to outrun the lawmen who were hot on his trail. He was hoping he could put some distance between them before sundown. It was hot and he knew he and his horse both needed some water, so he was hoping and praying they'd be able to find a spring soon. As Ed made his way north, he could hear a loud sound and could feel the ground shake slightly. As they made their way over the ridge they saw a geyser, erupting high into the sky. "Come on Trigger, lets go see if we can find a hot spring down by that geyser to soak in and bed down for the night and hope for some water along the way." Ed said.

Ed and Trigger were awakened often in the night by the eruption of the geyser, Ed figured he could make up some ground in the middle of the night and put quite a bit of distance in between him and the lawmen. As the day wore, on Ed and Trigger were tired and saw a cave they could hide in and hopefully catch some sleep as well as beat the heat of the day. As they approached the cave they saw field of geodes and Ed put a couple in his saddle bag hoping he could use them to barter in the next town he came to. When they entered the cave it was strewn with amazing stalactite coming off of the ceiling, and it was cool and he'd be able to catch a quick nap.

When Ed and Trigger awoke, the sun was rising or going down, he couldn't tell at this moment but knew he'd been asleep for a long time. As Ed made his way out of the cave, he decided to head west, and by this time he figured it was morning. After a couple of hours he made his way into a U-Shaped Valley, where he found his way to fresh water in a kettle lake. Here he figured out his next move, he needed to head north into Canada, so he could start a new life and not be on the run the rest of his life. As he headed north across the Canadian border and over the mountain he saw some icebergs off in the distance, but it wasn't until he saw an amazing waterfall coming off the edge of a hanging valley that he found his new home, some where he could be safe from the lawmen that pursued him for so long. 

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