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Lost and Tired

“We’ll stop in the next clearing.” Zoe and Joe moan, but follow you anyways. You look around you, trying to determine what way you are heading. It looks east, but then everything looks the same in the dim light.

“Do you know where your going?” Zoe asked a little while later. “I think weve passed this bush before.”

You look at the bush she was talking about. Dawning spread across your face, she was right. You were certain you had passed the old tree once or twice already. Not wanting to seem lost you just keep walking.

A few hours later, your feet are dragging. Now your regretting not stopping and resting at the clearing. Joe and Zoe seem upset. The three of you are disapointed and uncomfortable.

No one wants to go on, but your afriad that if you stop Captin Black will catch up with you.

Do you rest anyways?
Do you keep going even though your lost?
Do you turn around to head back to the clearing?

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