narriative essay
Dylan Miller
September 23, 2013
English 111
Mrs. Nancy
Devils Pond Have you ever deliberately disobeyed your parents just to satisfy your curiosity? Multiple times I find myself “hanging on by a limb” as the old folk say, but this time it really was life or death. Next to my house there are some deep woods, with a small pond where no one was allowed to go. I knew the dangers and still I wanted to see it for myself. All kids do things they’re not supposed to do, so it was no surprise to my dad, when I made my trip into the woods to see this forbidden pond. It started on a late autumn day, when I heard dad talking to some friends of his. He was telling them a story about a time he almost died, but I didn’t hear the whole thing, so I asked him about it later that day. He started off telling me a story about when he was little, maybe eight, he found a pond, down deep in the woods. It was in a hollow, surrounded by trees. This small pond was dried up sometimes and full of water the other times. This is because it was fed by the river, but when the river was low the pond would dry up, or so he thought. He was a young boy and decided he wanted to go check it out a little more, but he didn’t want to go alone so he took a friend who lived up the road. As he and his friend strolled through the woods and finally they came upon the pond. Dad said he stood there trying to build up the nerve to walk onto the dry autumn leaves that was once a full pond. He took his first step, but something was wrong. Instead of standing on dry autumn leaves, he sank to his waist his body being swallowed whole in the dry river mud. He fought like never before trying to free himself, but the more he fought the deeper he sank. His friend was useless, just standing there in fear, dad screaming for him to get help; finally, he awoke from his stumper of fear and took off running for help. Dad was sinking deeper, now to his chest, and left to defend for himself. He started praying and as
September 23, 2013
English 111
Mrs. Nancy
Devils Pond Have you ever deliberately disobeyed your parents just to satisfy your curiosity? Multiple times I find myself “hanging on by a limb” as the old folk say, but this time it really was life or death. Next to my house there are some deep woods, with a small pond where no one was allowed to go. I knew the dangers and still I wanted to see it for myself. All kids do things they’re not supposed to do, so it was no surprise to my dad, when I made my trip into the woods to see this forbidden pond. It started on a late autumn day, when I heard dad talking to some friends of his. He was telling them a story about a time he almost died, but I didn’t hear the whole thing, so I asked him about it later that day. He started off telling me a story about when he was little, maybe eight, he found a pond, down deep in the woods. It was in a hollow, surrounded by trees. This small pond was dried up sometimes and full of water the other times. This is because it was fed by the river, but when the river was low the pond would dry up, or so he thought. He was a young boy and decided he wanted to go check it out a little more, but he didn’t want to go alone so he took a friend who lived up the road. As he and his friend strolled through the woods and finally they came upon the pond. Dad said he stood there trying to build up the nerve to walk onto the dry autumn leaves that was once a full pond. He took his first step, but something was wrong. Instead of standing on dry autumn leaves, he sank to his waist his body being swallowed whole in the dry river mud. He fought like never before trying to free himself, but the more he fought the deeper he sank. His friend was useless, just standing there in fear, dad screaming for him to get help; finally, he awoke from his stumper of fear and took off running for help. Dad was sinking deeper, now to his chest, and left to defend for himself. He started praying and as