Journal Entry#29

Ozgur Bas

Sam

October 24, 2007

DARK FOREST

Last summer, a group of teenagers wanted to go to Van Lake for vacation. They were very wild. Their names were Martin, Kenny, Deniz and Jale. On Saturday morning, they left their city. Firstly, they had to pass through the forest to get to the lake. However, they did not know the way around the forest. For this reason, they stopped their car before entering the forest and they searched for someone to ask how to get to the lake. Finally, they found a house, and they walked toward the house. They knocked on the door, but nobody answered. When they turned back to the car, they were surprised to see an old man in front of them. He had long hair and a long beard, but he looked very kind. They asked him how they can pass through the forest. He explained the way. They understood and they wanted to try this. They thought that they would find the way very easily. However, they lost their way a few hours later. At this time, they wanted to separate into two groups. Martin and Deniz went to left side and the others went to right side because they saw two paths and they had to try the two ways to find the correct way. One hour after separating, Martin and Deniz met a strange man who was a ranger. They wanted to ask something about the way but he did not want to answer them. He was a young strong man and he looked very nervous. He just told them to get out of there immediately. They were really scared because he looked very scary and he had an axe in his left hand. After they left him, they continued on their way for a few minutes and suddenly they saw two death people. They recognized them easily because they were their friends. For that moment, they heard a sound from their back side. When they turned, they saw the ranger in front of them. They tried to escape from there but they could not because after few minutes running, they met the old man. They tried to explain the story but he looked very strange and he carried riffle. He pulled his gun to teenagers, and this time everyone heard a metallic sound like an axe voice. Suddenly, the old man dropt to ground. They turned their head to back, and they saw the ranger. He helped them and saved their life. When they tried to say thank you to him, they did not see him. He disappeared suddenly. They did not understand until they arrived to the lake because they arrived to the lake they went to police station. After they entered through the door, they saw a picture. This was ranger’s picture. They were surprised because under the picture it was written a date. This date showed to 100 years ago. He died 100 hundreds years ago but that day he saved their life.