Issa O'Sullivan

Task 1
There I was, making the biggest decision of my life. I am telling myself to stay determined. But what do I choose? I have come so far but now it was starting to get seriously difficult. In front of me were two large concrete tunnels. They both had grimy, muddy water and they both smelled like sewage. But there was one difference. One might have been disgusting, but the other one was life threatening!!! I didn ’ t know which one two choose. Lauren went first. She was as scared as I was but we both knew that we had to do it. As she was entering the tunnel, her last words were “ I ’ ll see you on the other side. ” And then she was on her way.

As I was waiting, I could hear the sloshing sounds of the water and the sound of her voice saying “ ewwwwww! ” and “ disgusting! ” I knew that it would be the same for me but I couldn ’ t turn back now, we were almost there! I heard Lauren ’ s last cries for help but then it went dead silent……

The signal went off which meant that it was my turn to go. I was so worried about Lauren that it didn ’ t occur to me that I was about to risk my life for some stupid challenge. Was she ok? Was she unconscious? My whole body was shaking as I got down on my hands and knees. I started crawling. The pain was excruciating! My knees were scraping against concrete, my hands were pressing on warm gooey substances. But I didn ’ t know what it was because it was so dark! I had to bend lower and lower. I felt like Alice in wonderland when she takes a bite of a cake and grows bigger and bigger or when you walk down Willy wonka ’ s hall as it gets smaller and smaller.

I couldn ’ t see the other end of the tunnel? The only light that I could see was if I looked back to the entrance of the tunnel which was very hard to do in such a small space. I couldn ’ t figure out what to do so I stopped for a moment and then realised, I was going to have to take a breath and swim under this dirty, filthy water. I didn ’ t want to believe it so I crawled as far as I could until my head was turned sideways and pressed against the roof of the tunnel. The water was almost up to the ceiling now, so I knew that it was that time. I took a breath and swam for my life.

When I came out the other side, I saw some light which obviously meant that it was the end of the tunnel. I heard voices saying “ come on, your almost there! ” and “ God job! You were really quick! ” I crawled my last few centimetres and then some hands reached in and pulled me out of the tunnel.

I went over and sat with Lauren who was sitting over on the side. She had a large, raised bump on her head. It turns out that she swallowed some of that disgusting water and tried to rush out of the tunnel when she bumped her head on the ceiling. I tried to cheer her up by saying “ come on Lauren! Let ’ s go find out what the next course is! ” but she just said “ Well, as long as there is no dirty filthy water involved? ”“ Well of course there wouldn ’ t be! ” I said to her.

But I was wrong………….