the hidden temple ch.6

Today Jim woke the family really early because today was the day he would take them to the waterfall. Few families are fortunate enough to go since there is only 2 or 3 guides that knows where it is and how to get there. The trip is long and hard. but since they really wanted to go they couldn't complain. When they finally got to the waterfall they all wanted to get in the water but since they were at the top of the water fall and they had to get down to it to swim the only possible way was too jump. Cheryl really didn't want to jump and she didn't want riley and Jonah to jump either so she asked...

'is there any othere way to get down?"

looking down with a sigh jim said

"yes, just down that path along those trees.....but it won't be as much fun....ill come back up here to get you and our equipment.'

Riley and Jonah had been looking forward to jump off and weren't going to sacrifice that tingly feeling you get when you jump just because their mom was scared...so they were going to jump. Jim suggested that they all go down together and put their things down and then he will come back up with whoever wants to jump off the waterfall. They all agreed and had gone down but the trail was slippery because of the mist from the water and everyone occasionally took a small slip. When they finally got down and set everything up they all went back up jim told them how they should hit the water so they wouldn't hurt themselves. After they jumped off a couple times they had lunch and after that Jim decided it was time to get on their way. Jonah really didn't want to go and had a fit but lost and very soon again they were on their way. Along the way Jim pointed out to them more wildlife and they all seemed very interested. They had made it to a vast open site where you could see the ocean and everything looked so small in the distance. Jim said to the kids as he was pointing to an open field of tall grass.

" when you guys are playing around be careful....sometimes animals are found there and we don't know if they will attack humans....also some of the ground over there is known to be unstable so watch were you step."

Jonah was totally ignoring him although he would occasionally nod. But Riley hadn't had her bad dream again until that night. She saw herself being swallowed up from the earth and not knowing whether she would ever see her parents again. The next morning when she woke up she told herself that for nothing in the world would she go play in the tall grass. She thought that they we going to leave that same day back to the hotel but when Jim told them the weather looked to be good and they would stay there for a couple more days Riley was frightened.

the hidden temple ch.5

It looks like things couldn't get any worse, being stuck in the jungle without flashlights, moving every night to a different site. As that night came sooner than most i had appeared to be. Jim had gone fishing for dinner at a near by river while William and Cheryl were setting up the campsite again. Jonah and Riley stayed close by and had gone to look for dead twigs to make a fire. When Jim came back and was cooking the fish he caught and it was a big one i might add Jonah asked him a question.

"are there any other kids in the jungle or are we going to see any other tour?"

Jim simply said

"no, we are not going to meet up with another tour. There are several tours that go on at the same time but they are on different parts of the island..in a couple of days we will be where they are and they will be where we are now."

"and as for if there are any other kids....i've heard stories from my co-workers that they have come across a few stranded kids before from time to time. THey say they try to have them come back to the hotel with them but the kids keep their distance and seemed to have gone wild and adapted and forgotten all about their outside world. The suspect they are some of the kids that went..."

Cheryl rudely interrupted

"i don't want you scaring the kids Jim, lets leave this story for another time."

"yes ma'am"

Shorty after cheryl and william went to sleep and the kids were still up and asked Jim to continue the story. Without hesitation he started..

"The suspect they are some of the kids that went missing. They get lost and rarely get found. We always keep a picture of all the kids that go missing and we have to carry them on the tours they are like school pictures they say their names on it and on the back its their parents information and contact numbers just in case we can get them to go back to the hotel and their parents can pick them up."

This seemed to make Jonah a little bit more curious about trying to find other kids to play with besides his sister. As the light form the fire died out and the jungle was silent and everyone almost everyone was asleep it was a pretty good night. Except for the fact that Riley was having alot of trouble sleeping, she would fall asleep and the wake up and then fall asleep and wake up again. She was having terible night mares about getting lost in the jungle and never seeing her family again and having to survive on her own. All of this scared her and went running towards her mothers tent and slept there for the rest of the night. The only noise in the air was the sounds of crickets but yet who doesn't like crickets... of course unless one happens to find its way into your house and then you'll be up trying to find it.

The Hidden Temple (part 2)

Once arriving at the hotel the Miller family was exhausted from the long trip and once they got to their rooms they felt at ease. Even though it was a long trip Jonah and Riley wanted to go swim in the pool and in the beach but their parents convinced them to rest until the next day, they told them that they had more than enough time to do everything that they wanted to do. That night they went down to the hotel restaurant and had a dinner that was fit for a king. Then next morning the kids woke up early and decided to look around. They saw a bunch of kids go into a big room where there was a man sitting down on a chair reading stories, Riley wasn't to interested but when Jonah heared the stories were about the island he became so curious. They decided to stay and listen, The stories were about the people that used to live there and how and why they left. Jonah and Riley got bored and met up with their parents and did many activities that were really fun. Jonah learned how to surf and Riley learned how to windsurf. Jonah was running up all the hallways and met some friends then they started to play together and from behind them came the manager of the hotel and told them to go and play somewhere else and send them to their room. Riley had also gone around the hotel and was walking by herself along the pool when she saw her brother and told him
" where have you been? mom has been looking for you!"
"no where" he said
"i was just walking around."
Riley looked at him and then turned around and left. Cheryl was really mad because Jonah had left without permission and no one knew where he was.
" i was so worried, why didn't you tell us where you were going to go?"
" i didn't think it was that important, besides its not like i left the hotel or anything and i didn't get in trouble." he said with an angry tone, he decided he would keep the part where the manager saw the running out. She the looked at him and scowled and said,
"you may not have gotten in trouble then, but i can assure you that you're in trouble now. As of now you are not allowed to leave the hotel room unless we are doing something as a family or unless your dad or i know where you are."
Jonah just sat on his bed and said nothing. Later on that week Jonah's parents had arranged a jungle safari without knowing the dangers they would face.