Hello, everyone! My name is Piper. We all love watching adventure movies where
the main characters are trying to overcome every possible and impossible challenging
situation. But it's only good to watch them while sitting
on the sofa and eating popcorn. It's not that common for things like that
to happen in real life. And my experience proves that. My mom and dad have always been avid campers. And they tried to do everything they could
to get my younger sister and I involved. We would go hiking or backpacking in a new
place every summer. So this is where my story begins. Our new destination was Montana - Kayaking
the Missouri River! We were so excited! "Everything was running smoothly and I really
enjoyed this ""into the wild"" life a lot. Without taking into account my little sister
Lilly's behavior, of course. It was always the same old story and she was
always driving me crazy. She would whine and complain and bug me the
whole time. And my mom and dad always let her get away
with it. Anyway. On that fateful morning everything went wrong
from the very beginning. I was responsible for breakfast for the whole
family and I burned it. You should have seen my dad's face. He has always been pretty critical of me,
so he would tell me off and lecture me about things I did wrong all the time. Whether it was for how I had got the tent
wrong or how much time it was taking me to build the fire. This day he decided to make sure I was rowing
my kayak fast enough. My mom and Lilly were in one kayak, and my
dad and I were in the other one. It was all fine at first, but the flow of
the river was becoming stronger and it was getting harder and harder to control the boats. Suddenly my mom and my sister's boat hit a
big rock, capsized, and they both fell out. Everything happened so fast! I dove into the water and managed to grab
Lilly. But no matter how I tried to swim against
the tide, we were just carried away by the stream. The last thing I saw was my dad trying to
save my mom, but I never found out if he did. Those minutes in the dangerous river were
the most horrible moments of my life. We were just drifting out further and further. But then I finally managed to grab ahold of
a tree branch and to get us out of the water. After we caught our breath, my mind started
racing. 'What are we going to do now?' We were too far from our parents. We had two small backpacks, half a bottle
of water, and waterlogged phones. How could it possibly get much worse? We had to find a way back to our mom and dad. So, a small compass and my intuition were
our only hope. Unfortunately, they both let me down. We were wandering around for hours, but at
some point, I realized that we had lost our way completely. It was getting dark, Lilly had blisters on
her feet, and the forest had become absolutely black. It seemed like it was not a tourist zone anymore. We had to find some shelter where we could
sleep. Lilly was completely devastated, but to my
surprise she didn't complain, like not even once. We found a small cave near the bank of the
river and made a fire. We were starving, and I knew I had no food. But Lilly saved us. She took a pack of cookies out of her backpack,
which she had actually swiped from our mom. It was the only good thing that had happened
all day. It was time to try to get some rest, but even
though we were absolutely exhausted, I couldn't sleep a wink. We were lying on the cold ground when Lilly
asked me quietly: ""Are mom and dad okay?"" I didn't know how to answer. I was thinking the same thought over and over. Lilly cuddled up next to me and we both finally
fell asleep. But soon I felt my sister shaking me awake. Her voice was trembling. She was scared to death! She said she heard some noise near the cave. And I realized that I actually heard it too. What on Earth could that be? Animals? Maniacs? Mom and Dad? The noise was getting louder and closer, but
we couldn't see anything in the complete darkness. I plucked all my courage and shined my flashlight
just in time to see a fluffy red fox. Oh my goodness, I felt so relieved. And Lilly was so amazed! She even talked me into giving the fox a piece
of a cookie. In the morning we had to continue on our way,
but there were no signs, no people around, nothing! I tried to persuade Lilly that it was going
to be fine, but I wasn't sure I believed what I was saying myself. I was getting worried for her. She started coughing and I think she even
had a fever. But she kept trying to persuade me that everything
was okay. To tell the truth, I admired my sister's endurance. She tried to stay positive and even look at
the views. Then she saw a beautiful butterfly. She tried to catch it and ran up ahead, laughing. Suddenly she got quiet. I quickened my steps to catch up with her
and got to the tree line to see that Lilly had stopped dead behind the bush. There was a huge grizzly bear just steps away. I remember my parents' stories about bears. My dad used to say it was impossible to escape
a bear, but this one hadn't noticed us yet. We held our breath and started to turn away. A wrong move could've cost us our lives. When we were far enough, I whispered to Lilly:
' Run!' And we ran as fast as we could without looking
back. It was a miracle that we able to escape that
day! After long hours of walking we finally had
a stroke of luck. Lilly noticed a sign! There was a service station not far from the
place where we were. We just had to find it right away. You can't imagine how happy we were when we
finally went out on the road and saw a gas station and a small shop. I couldn't believe we'd made it. But it turned out that this was not the end. We went into the shop and headed straight
to the shopkeeper to ask for help. We were dying to have some water or food. But it seemed that the shopkeeper wasn't impressed
by our story at all. He suspiciously looked at us from head to
toe and asked for documents. But of course, we had no documents and I guess
we looked like beggars, so he immediately told us to get out. Lilly burst into tears. I asked the man to at least let us call our
parents, but he insisted that we had to leave, and he threatened us with the police. Which was what we actually needed! Soon after the police established our identities,
we learned that both of our parents were alive and were looking for us. Lilly and I were on cloud nine. That very evening we finally reunited with
our mom and dad at the local hospital. Well, I have to say that we all got off easily. My mom broke her arm and poor Lilly got pneumonia. But we all learned our lessons. My dad praised me and said that he was proud
of me for the fact that we had managed to survive and find a way out. I now know my younger sister much better. She is not that capricious girl I used to
think she was. And of course I can truly call both of us
experienced campers now. Together we are capable of anything! Have you ever gotten into this kind of trouble? How did you survive? Lilly and I would love to hear your stories. Don't forget to share this video with your
friends. Maybe they will find it exciting too. Take care. Yours, Piper
