LOST IN THE WOODS

LOST IN THE WOODS
by JANNETTE BRONGA
UTICA, NY

WHEN MY MOM AND DAD HAD MY FIRST BROTHER, THEY WENT FOR A RIDE IN THE COUNTRYSIDE AND DROVE ALONG TO SEE THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS OF NATURE. THEY WERE ENJOYING THEMSELVES AND MY BROTHER, THAT THEY LOST TRACK OF TIME.

AS TIME WENT ON, MY DAD DECIDED WITH MY MOM AND OF COURSE, WITH MY BROTHER, TO TAKE A WALK IN THE WOODS FOR AWHILE. WELL, BEFORE THEY KNEW IT, DUSK WAS UPON THEM AND MOM ESPECIALLY WAS GETTING VERY NERVOUS. SO, MOM SAYS TO DAD WE BETTER GO BACK THE WAY WE CAME IN.

TIME WAS MARCHING ON AND ON AND ON....AND WHAT DO YOU THINK WHAT HAPPENED? THEY WERE TOTALLY LOST AND IN THE THICK OF THE WOODS. MOM AND DAD BEING THE GOOD CHRISTENS THEY WERE STARTED PRAYING, GOD, PLEASE HELP US OUT OF THE WOODS. AND MOM AND DAD BELIEVING IN ANGELS PRAYED FOR AN ANGEL TO COME ALONG TO HELP THEM OUT OF THE WOODS. WOULDN'T YOU KNOW DUSK WAS ARRIVING FASTER AND FASTER. AT THAT POINT, MOM AND DAD SAW THIS SHORT LITTLE OLE' MAN WITH A PAIL AND SAID FOLLOW ME AND I'LL SHOW YOU THE WAY OUT OF THE WOODS. STEP BY STEP THEY FOLLOWED THIS MAN THAT KEPT HIS DISTANCE FROM THEM. WHY? I DON'T KNOW WHY, IT'S JUST THE WAY IT HAPPENED. SOON THERE CAME AN OPENING AND THE OPENING GOT BIGGER AND BIGGER. THEN, MY MOM AND DAD AND MY BROTHER WERE OUT OF THE WOODS ONCE AND FOR ALL!!

MY MOM AND DAD WENT TO LOOK BACK AND SHOUT TO THIS MAN TO THANK HIM AND HE HAD DISAPPEARED FROM THEIR SIGHT PERIOD. THEY JUMPED INTO THE CAR, THANKED GOD FOR THIS MAN THAT WAS THEIR ANGEL AND DROVE STRAIGHT HOME FROM THAT TIME ON.

FOR ME, JUST BEING TOLD THIS TRUE STORY GAVE ME A STRONG BOND OF BELIEF IN GOD, AND NEVER STOP HAVING BLIND FAITH IN LIFE, TOO. SO, NO MATTER WHAT COMES YOUR WAY!

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