Well, I almost died on Wednesday, January 27th. Well, school is been out because of snow days. So I invite my best friend to spend the night. The next day we were sledding and having fun. So me and my best friend come in for lunch. We go back out and we walk behind my house where there's this huge hill that we were gonna sled on. We head back behind my house, my other two friends(ones also a best friend)were already there. So I remember how cold it is and asked about the pond near this big hill. He nods yes and says "It's Frozen alright." So I was like, "Cool, lets go check it out." My friends says, he tried stepping on it and his foot fell in. I laughed at him for being so stupid.
So we get to this pond, and I get a phone call(my last one)saying that school was out for Thursday. We were all screaming "YES!" and I had an idea. "Let's see how thick this pond really is. Find a big rock." Ad the search began. No one found a rock for a while. Then my little brother, finds one and chucks it right away. It didn't break the ice, but since my bro was little, I thought it didn't break cause he didn't throw the rock very hard enough. So I had an idea. "I'm gonna see how sturdy it really is." I turned to my friend. "If I fall through that ice, will you come and get me?" He looked at me and said, "sure, no problem. I promise." So I take a step and my foot falls through. i pull it out quickly. Then quickly I jumped across the hole I made. I expected to fall through, but I was still on top. I was scarred for a moment, but then I quickly got over it.
I edged my way towards the rock. Sliding gently across the ice. I grab the rock and slide it further inside the ice pond, wanting to test how far I could go. So this time, I walk across, grab the rock, and chuck it back to shore and walk back. And jumped over the fallow, weaker ice. And I said, "I'm sledding across it." It was my friends idea, he was gonna do it but yelled that he was just kidding. So they all get exited. We get to the top, I sit on the sled, and they push me......hard. I went flying down this mini hill, and slid over the shallow part somehow, and slide halfway across. It was a pretty good first try. I was In the middle, I got up and slowly walked the sled back. I said "Let's try that again, except push me away so I don't have to turn so much, that way I can get more speed." They nodded all exited and with adrenaline. This time they did exactly as I asked. I flew all the way across. I was so exited. I quickly asked my other crazy, dare devil friend to try it. He nodded excitedly. He trys it, doesn't make it across but drifts. my best friend who spent the night keeps saying how it's gonna crack. We keep telling him to at least quickly walk on the ice. My dare devil, friend goes a few more times.
Then me and my daredevil friend wanna see how much pressure it taked before it cracks. So we go out int he middle of the pond. I said " If I fall in, come and get me." and he said "Promise. Will you get me?" I also promised. So I jump on the ice. Nothing happens, its freaking solid. He trys it, freaking solid. So we walk back feeling relieved.
Then we wanna sled down a hill again. But this time we all decide to walk across the ice this time. ALL OF US. We somehow convinced my best friend wo spent the night. So me and my best friend are talking, and we're about right smack in the middle of this frozen pond. Then suddenly my best friend yells, "ITS CRACKING!" I could feel it big time. I tried to run but the cold heartless water swpt me in. My best friend turns to help, but in a second he's in to. We wim frantically. My daredevil friend that said he would dive in for me, rn as fast as he could down the street. My other friend was trying to reach for me 5 feet away. My little brother ran back to shore. He was crying, saying "DARIN DON'T DIE!" I thought I'd be out of there in a jiffy. Nope, every pieace of ice I grabbed, broke. My best friends head went under water. Came back up quickly, we sat there for about 3 more minutes swimming, tryning to grab something. My best friend got out on the foruth minute. But his leg fell in again when he tried running backto shore. Me? Well, I was still stuck, swimming. I was about to give up, I was tired and the water was clining me down. And I was numb. I was about to go down, to tired to move, when I grabbed on to some solid. Ice, I didn't care to double check to see if it was stable or not. I just grabbed the ice got on it. I was so confuzed. I could't feel anything so I didn''t know if I was dead or not. then I realized I was laying next to the water, so I could'nt be dead. I did the slo mans roll, away from the unforgiving icy cold water. then I stood, and yelled "That kinda hurt, plus i'm numb right now!" I reached in my pocket, guess what. my phone was dead....great.
My dad and mom were mad. But I'm still alive, and happy. Check back for different sides of the story later. my best friend, other best friend, my little brother, and the daredevil.
Anyways,
I'm out!
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