Hatchet

The story The Hatchet is about a boy, Brian Robeson and how he gets stranded in northern Canada when the pilot of the plane he is on has a heart attack. He is left without food, water, and shelter. This is the story about how he survived.

His dad lived up near the tundra in Canada. Brian was on his way to see him because his mother had cheated on his father and divorced him, so his father moved away. Brian's mother didn't know that Brian knew she had left his father for another man and the secret was killing him. His mother gave him a hatchet before he left to see his father. He then left and got onto the small bush plane. The pilot was going along merrily when he had a heart attack and died right in front of Brian. Brian didn't know what to do so he sort of steered the plane and kept going. The plane had been turned a bit while the Pilot was having a heart attack so Brian had no idea where he was going. The radio wouldn't work and he was looking for a lake to land in so he would have a slightly bigger chance of survival.

Once he woke up he realized he was on a beach and insects were tearing him up. He had landed in a lake and drug himself up. He was still very tired and hurt from the crash so he just fell back asleep again. Once he woke up we went to the lake and got a drink, he was hungry. All he had to survive was a 20-dollar bill, the clothes on his back, and the hatchet his mother had given him before he left. He found a shelter and some berries.

One night while he was asleep in his shelter he heard a ruffling sound. He kicked something and something sharp went right into his leg. It was terrible pain, and he threw the hatchet at it but he missed and hit the wall and a stream of sparks went flying. The next morning he could hardly walk. He couldn't imagine life any worse. Then he thought back to the porcupine incident and remember how the sparks went flying. He took the hatchet and tried to make more sparks. He was on his way to find something to ignite the fire when he found eggs. They were turtle eggs and were very tasty. He figured out how to make the fire and it kept insects and everything away from him.

A few days later he figured out how to fish. Now he had eggs, raspberries, fire, and fish. He went to the lake to look at himself and he was getting skinnier, tanner, and his hair was all matted. Brian heard a foreign sound coming from above, and then he realized it was a plane! He quickly lit the fire but it was to late the plane has