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Trap Island: A Short Story
The five hunters
I had never slept in a beter bed, thought Sanger Rainsford. Bang! Thunder like a gun fired in the sky and woke Rainsford up from a deep comfortable sleep. Rainsford , unable to go back to sleep, went to the window. The sky was night black with clouds. Lightning for a moment, lite up the beach And rainsford saw six dead black dog lying on the Scarlet sand, their necks snapped or split wide open.A pair of bloody footprints lead to the building gate . what a horrendous storm! Rainsford thought as the rain started to fall, pretty soon torrents of rain cascaded over the window obscuring the grisly sight. Rainsford, unable to go back to sleep Started down the stairs to the dining room. Lightning flashed and Rainsford’s eyes
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Rainsford caught him before he fell. ‘’Rainsford I'm Sorry” Whitney croaked out.’’I was forced to bring you to Ship Trap Island.I pushed you off the boat and didn't stop.” Whitney's weak shuddering words struck Rainsford like a deadly cobra, the venomous words hurting his head. ‘’No, You came back for me.” Rainsford said unable to accept the posen he’d been given. ‘’No.I...I came for m...my bro..br...Brother.” Whitney sputtered his last words as the light died in his eyes and his muscles relaxed. Fifteen years I knew him Rainsford thought And now he’s gone.
He rolled Ivan over on his back ,grunting from the dead wait, To retrieve the shotgun from underneath him and rummaged through ivan's pockets looking for extra shells.When he found some he kicked Ivans corps for in revenge. It was not a very vengeful act.
He heard the Rifle shoot and herd Zaroff cry “Ivan”.Bang! Breeeeeee!Rainsford flattened himself as a volley of bullets came from everywhere and zipped over his
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Rainsford saw him grab a barrel of oil. He dumped it on the side of the wall of the house, and then Rainsford and Zeke rushed into the house. They dumped it into the room where they had the deadly conversation with General Zaroff. Then they went to the library. Rainsford was shocked .On the wall hung human heads, Awful trophies of bad times .Zeke quickly dumped the rest of the gasoline in the library and rushed out. On the way out, he lit a match and threw it on the side of the house. The flames engulfed the wall. In seconds Rainsford noticed flames shooting out the window and thick black smoke pouring out of the roof into the sky. “The building...,” Rainsford began, just as the building exploded into an inferno. Zeke yelled over the noise. “They should be here.” Rainsford thought he heard a plane. Zeke ran towards the beach and set Rainsford down into the warm sand. This time Rainsford saw the sea plane flying overhead. Bang! Zeke fired his rifle at the clouds above his head and Rainsford saw the seaplane start to descend gently into the water.
Finally, we are rescued, Rainsford thought just as the world turned black and he drifted into a peaceful

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