AJT+Choose+your+own+adventure+6

Johnny woke up the next day rested. He was awakened in the morning by the warmth of the sun that showed through the nylon of his tent. He decided that he wanted to relax that day and he slid his canoe out into the lake and threw in a fishing line. Just then his camp was demolished by a mother moose. Johnny had set his camp right next to a moose trail and the mother felt that he was threatening her baby. Johnny was pummeled by the moose, as she bucked him with her giant head and threw him around like a rag doll.

He was thrown into the water and remembered something that he had heard years earlier, if he played dead the moose would likely think that he was not longer a threat and would leave. He played dead and after what was no longer than a minute he pulled his head out of the water gasping for air. He looked around and realized that the moose was gone. Then he began to feel the pain. He felt as though he had been hit by a Mac truck. He couldn't move his left leg and he felt like he had a few broken ribs. Other than that, he was alive and he knew that most moose encounters end up worse than his had.

He knew that he wouldn't be able to paddle out on his own, because of his broken ribs. He knew that he wouldn't be able to portage either. He decided that he was at a good campsite and could build a fire and wait for someone to pass by. He crawled back to shore and got to his tent. He had plenty of food, a whistle and mirror for signaling, and he felt that he was in pretty good shape. He waited for two days for someone to come, but on the third day he saw a lone canoe crossing the lake. His whistle blowing made them come over. It was a young couple and it happened that the wife was a triage nurse. She patched him up enough to move him and they carried him out of the BWCA, over 10 lakes and 11 portages, he rode in their canoe. He was grateful to be alive, and once he got to the hospital in Duluth his parents were called and they rushed up to be by their sons side.

After a few weeks, Johnny was back to his old self again. He had some soreness still in his ribs and his leg was broken. His doctor told him that most people who get attacked by a moose don't survive, and that he was lucky. He felt lucky. When the summer wrapped up and he left his home in Minnesota for college, he had a great story about an unforgettable adventure for his new friends at college.