Rainsford In Quicksand
Rainsford takes one more step and realizes that he is at Death Swamp where there is quicksand. He tries to pull his leg out but, he can’t quite seem to do it. He quickly thought to himself what he could do. Then he sees a branch and grabs onto it, pulling with all of his strength he has left in him. Rainsford finally gets his foot out of the quicksand. He is way too tired to run more so he finds a cave and hides out for a couple minutes. While he is in the small, dark cave right beside the quicksand, Rainsford is coming up with a plan on what to do next. He is too tired to run right now and he won’t make it far even if he wasn’t as tired. Then Rainsford heard dogs that were just a couple of miles away. He start to panic and wonder what to do
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It started to get harder and harder for him to swim especially with the waves crashing in. Rainsford quickly started having a hard time staying up in the water. It was getting harder for him to breathe. As Rainsford was coming up in the water, he saw a tree log floating in the water so, he grabbed onto that and waited for the waves to push the log onto the sandy beach over by where his ship had been wrecked. In no time, the waves had pushed him into the beach. Then Rainsford started his walk back to General Zaroff’s house. So he could hopefully get more supplies or even hide out without the general noticing. Now he had started his journey back to the mansion. It seemed like it was taking the whole night when it only should take an hour or two. Finally he got to the general’s house. Rainsford knew that he wasn’t there yet because the dogs weren't in the fenced area. Rainsford quickly and quietly went inside the house. After a few hours, General Zaroff come to his house.
Finally General Zaroff found Rainsford and said, “Congratulations you have won the game.” Rainsford couldn’t think of any words to say to the general. General Zaroff then left and Rainsford fell asleep while General Zaroff was putting the dogs away. The day after Rainsford had some business to take care of. After that he quickly sailed off of the
It started to get harder and harder for him to swim especially with the waves crashing in. Rainsford quickly started having a hard time staying up in the water. It was getting harder for him to breathe. As Rainsford was coming up in the water, he saw a tree log floating in the water so, he grabbed onto that and waited for the waves to push the log onto the sandy beach over by where his ship had been wrecked. In no time, the waves had pushed him into the beach. Then Rainsford started his walk back to General Zaroff’s house. So he could hopefully get more supplies or even hide out without the general noticing. Now he had started his journey back to the mansion. It seemed like it was taking the whole night when it only should take an hour or two. Finally he got to the general’s house. Rainsford knew that he wasn’t there yet because the dogs weren't in the fenced area. Rainsford quickly and quietly went inside the house. After a few hours, General Zaroff come to his house.
Finally General Zaroff found Rainsford and said, “Congratulations you have won the game.” Rainsford couldn’t think of any words to say to the general. General Zaroff then left and Rainsford fell asleep while General Zaroff was putting the dogs away. The day after Rainsford had some business to take care of. After that he quickly sailed off of the