Today, was chore day which meant that it is probably a good thing I slept really well last night.
I got up and told my parents I was awake. Then I got right to work. The first thing I do in the morning is make breakfast on chore day. I gathered the fish from yesterday's fishing trip. I roasted it over the fire and split it into thirds. One part for me, one for dad, and one for mom. Then I carried the fish over to the blankets where my parents normally slept. We had gotten the blankets out of that car. I placed it down and starred in my next chore, gathering fire wood. I got the pocket knife and went outside. I started to shave the tree when I noticed there was a beaver dam. I walked over to it and looked around to see if there are any beavers around. There weren't any so I took some wood from the dam and ran back to the shack. I'm glad I got that went over with, that's the chore that normally takes me the longest. Then I heard my name: "Gail!! Gail come back I need to ask you something!!"
I ran back to the shack and saw my mom standing outside the door. She look distressed.
"What is it?" I asked.
"Well, it might seem like that, uh, well, a bear came into our house while you were gathering wood. Did you leave the fish out?"
"I left it near the blankets for you and dad to eat for breakfast."
"How many times have I told you to just give it to us? Well, the bear didn't take anything but the fish, your father is going on an unscheduled fishing trip though. Go finish your chores." Then she went back to her chores. Ok then.
I got the wood I had gathered and brought it back to the site. Then I saw that bear made some damages to the shack, so I fixed it with some of the wood I had gathered and some "glue" that dad made when we first were stranded here. He won't tell me what's in the glue. Then I went to go do my third and final chore, washing our clothes.
And no, we did not bring a washing machine. I have to get some of our used clothes and wash them in the river with my hands. After I've washed them in the same river, of course. You might think we are unsanitary, but there is a lake where we use the bathroom.
Anyway, I got clothes and started to rub them. Dad's shirt had a big stain from when he tried to gut a fish for the first time. Good times. When I was finished with all of my chores, it was time for lunch.
Lunch was berries and fish. We eat fish a lot. Sometimes we have an occasional deer or rabbit.
After lunch, I went outside, so I could think about our past.
"Why do we deserve this? What did we ever do?" I said to myself.
Well I guess we will never know...