Writing exercise 10: use 15 specific words italicized… however the forms of the word are changed in some cases making plural or past tense… (all formed from 4 or more letters from the word CRAVEN) starting with…
I was craving…
some adventure. I had been in the same routine day in and day out for the past year. Nothing changed ever, nothing was exciting anymore. I was in a rut. Then I remembered how much my cousin raved about this hiking trip he took. He was a little vane about the trip so I didn’t get many details, but he did seem so much more laid back when he got back from the trip. So I decided to fly to Tennessee and go hiking in my Grandfathers backyard. It wasn’t, however, just any back yard. He lived on an acre or so of land, the huge field led right to the Smokey Mountains. As soon as I neared his house, I could see him rocking on the porch carving a hunk of wood into a bird of sorts. “What are you making?” I asked him. “Well, it’s a raven,” he replied. “I’ll have it finished by the time you get back.” He picked up his cane and walked into the house with me and made us some supper.
The next morning, feeling not a care in the world, I raced towards the mountains. However I was startled by a loud noise to my right. The neighbors were building and a crane just dropped the load it was carrying. Everyone was scrambling towards the crane. Not such a peaceful start to the morning, I thought. Hopefully once I get away from the houses the adventure will really begin. As soon as I come upon the base of the mountain I am absorbed by nature. The sight is spectacular, the sounds, the smell- I just tried to take it all in. There was so much to see. I snapped pictures of everything: birds, small animals, flowers, even the rocks and dirt. As I continued on my hike and taking pictures of the mountain I noticed a small cave. I was hesitant to check it out, fearing an animal might be inside. I turned on my flash light and carefully poked my head inside the cavern. I didn’t see anything but I heard something, so I booked it out of there. I couldn’t have averred that it was a bear, because I wasn’t certain, but I did not want to find out either. But I say that I earned the bragging rights of successfully climbing the Smokey Mountains and closely averting danger.
