Canoe Crisis

“Henry! Knock it off! If you do that one more time, I’m going to dump you out of this canoe,” threatened Cameron.

“Yeah, right,” said Henry and half-heartedly paddled up the stream. Henry and Cameron were assigned to be partners, but they certainly weren’t friends. Cameron despised Henry and spent his time at summer camp avoiding him. Henry never followed the rules, and that drove Cameron crazy.

Cameron hated the fact that the canoe ride was at least 5 miles long. Just then Cameron felt sprinkles of water again on his neck.

“Henry!” hollered Cameron. “I said to leave me alone.”

“I’m not doing anything!” replied Henry coolly. “If you look up, you will see that Mother Nature is sprinkling you with water.”

Sure enough, when Cameron looked up, he could see the sprinkles coming down. Things got quiet in the canoe after that. Before long, the sprinkles turned into large drops, and thunder and lightning began racing across the sky. Cameron didn’t know what to do. All he remembered was hearing stories about never to be on the water during a lightening storm.

There was nothing in sight. Where could they get shelter? At that moment, Henry took over. He instructed Cameron to steer the boat to some cabins up ahead. But could they last until then before they got hit by lightning? By the time they reached the cabins, they were soaked. Lightning continued to flash and they took shelter on a porch.