English 4
Mike Martinescu

Duncan`s family lived happily in a small town at the foot of Mount Hobert. They loved the beautiful, nature in fall. They also loved the spring because nature is reborn. They loved summer too but mostly they loved winter because they could ski on Mount Hobert and there it had lots of snow.

Duncan has a brother called Tommy. Tommy was a year and one grade younger. Tommy was a very good mystery solver. Also, Duncan liked almost all the girls in town and was a little bit absent minded.

One day the family went skiing on Mount Hobert. After descending a few times, Duncan saw Susan and Jackie, two girls in the same grade, grade six.

He followed them and tried to do some tricks so that they would notice him. Then he tried to impress them and he went fast but lost control. Suddenly he went on a closed trail. Also, by accident he went in the woods. But he stood in one place so that someone could find him more easily.

After a while Tommy noticed that his brother was missing. He told his parents, then they rushed down hill to get the rescuers.

Meanwhile, Tommy went to the ski lift. Up the hill, he started to search. The rescuers were searching too. By the time Tommy searched all over the mountain it was almost six o'clock. It began to get dark.

He started to search another section of the mountain but wolves surrounded him. He used his poles to hit them. One was still there and he reaped some parts of his clothes. After a while he was safe.

Suddenly he heard a noise, he looked behind him... ''Ahhhhhhh!!! Avalanche !'' he cried. He started to ski as fast as he could. Tommy went on a jump and went flying down and cried: '' Yahoooo!''. He landed badly and crashed into something. Then he realized it was...his brother! Tommy said: '' There you are! Come on, there's an avalanche! ''. ''An avalanche?'' asked Duncan and he turned around. '' Ahhhhhhh! ''

They could barely ski because they were hurt. They reached the trail and they skied as fast as they could. The avalanche was coming down. Tommy and Duncan skied to the first ski station they could find. One hour passed and they were still on the trail. They were getting tired, slower and hungrier, and the avalanche was still going down. They crossed a rescuer who was in a hurry too, but why? An avalanche was on his side too!

During this time the parents were still there, waiting and waiting. ''I'm so worried about them'' , mom said. '' Me too '', replied dad. ''They're coming!!'' yelled a rescuer.

The building where the parents were, was safe from the avalanche. Down hill, the brothers and the rescuers were calm. The parents were happy to see them. The father held Tommy in his arm and the mother held Duncan in her arms. '' From now on, you'll have to stay with the family Duncan, OK? '' said his father.

Tommy should get a reward for what he did for his brother '' said an officer.

On the way home Tommy said: ''I think I...achoo got ...achoo...a cold .''

Four days later, Tommy's cold was almost gone. He received a letter saying:

Dear Tommy,

We're very glad that you saved your brother and you we- were a good help for us. As we said, you'll have a reward and this is a $250 check. Also, we'd like to give you a big ''Thank you ''.

Skiing Post of Mount Hobert
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Tommy went to the table for tea and said: '' It smells so good! "