The next day I awoke around noon. I decided to traverse the land in order to find a more suitable fishing spot. About a quarter mile away I found a tree lying dead across the water. I thought that I should try my luck there so I did. An hour passed by and I still had not caught a single fish. My stomach was cursing at me with the foulest language imaginable. My whole body ached from lack of nourishment. My head throbbed and my mind was thinking the worse. I decided to give it a couple more hours, and then return home early if I did not catch a fish. The stump I was sitting on began to make my bottom sore. I decided to walk around to the other side of the tree to try my luck.

                I was standing there hopeless, and then at lowest point of my hopelessness I felt a sharp tug on my rod. My heart jumped with excitement, and hope soon flooded my body. I jerked the rod with all my might. It was enough force to jerk the jaw right off the fish. I hooked it, and then I reeled it in. I stood there for minutes admiring my prize. It’s scales glistened in the sunlight, while it’s very being longed for mercy. However, I showed it no mercy. My stomach was too angry to let me set the fish free. I then returned to my camp and fried that sucker.

                By midday I was having the feast of a lifetime.  I sat by the flames slowly picking away at my meal. It seemed as if joyful butterflies had nested inside my stomach. All seemed right with the world. Everything seemed peaceful and content. That evil sun even showed me mercy and took a nap behind a cloud. Thus, allowing me to enjoy my accomplishments even more.

                The next day my time had come to desert that place. I packed up my belongings and set out on my long journey home. I had done what I went there to do. I had survived in the wilderness of Claiborne County on my own for four days and three nights. This gave me more confidence than I ever could have hoped of attaining. Overcoming that obstacle gave me more knowledge about myself. It allowed me to have the knowledge of knowing that I could be a survivor. That if I set my mind to something I could conquer obstacles that I never would have dreamed of doing. I think that if anyone wanted to better know and understand their selves they should attempt what I had done. They might even be surprised with their selves.