Harrison's+Story+...Hurricane+Ridge...the+ULTIMATE+STORY!!

​One Day..................

Harrison, Shweta, and Ms.Spiezio never expected a hostile, snarling wild beast when they stumbled upon the sweet-smelling mountains of Hurricane Ridge, Olympic National Park.This place looked so distant, it was as if the three hikers were standing upon a mountain floating in the air. No one else was present, just the rustling of sneakers pounding heavily on the steep slope of gravel and silky grass. As Shweta walked along with the others, a cloud or two passed by, and when she followed some in the same direction, it was like a cloud above Shweta the whole time. The fluffy mass seemed to be alive itself, flying to join stratus clouds nearby. Below, Shweta noticed a misty, trampoline-like cloud 3,000 feet below.Missing one step would defiinitely lure her into the white pit.

Ms.Spiezio stopped chewing her gum.It was no use.The cool air felt better than 100 peppermints piled up in her mouth.Meanwhile, Harrison was **facetiously** hopping around, examining flower spiecies and muttering,"Poofy" all the way."This is the Alpine Lily.It is rare, but truly a beauty."Shweta rolled her eyes. //If that kid says poofy again, I'm going to run down this mounain and...//the aroma of the pine were too attractive-Shweta suddenly forgot her sentence."Ms.Spiezio,"she said,"Have you ever felt so free?"

"It is just incredible."Ms.Spiezio didn't want to explain.Her teaching habit seemed to have worn away.For a moment nature felt more like he teacher, rather than the person grading papers in a comparatively less interactive and interesting classroom.N//othing's better than mother nature,//Ms.Spiezio thought.

Suddenly, a roaring noise shook up their worlds of wonder...a montain lion jumped out, blocking their path. Shweta had no time to sue Harrison to mutter the "P" word again- she simply froze.Ms. Spiezio's gum dropped out of her mouth.Harrison simply cowered behind Shweta's backpack.Everyone thought of yelling furiously at the animal, but nothing happened. The boldest words of the English languaged seemed to have slipped past their mouths.However, anger started to fill Harrison with determination.Usually he had a pair of heavy duty rubber bands linked up in three chains for good luck and aiming practice, and now they were going to get into good use.Harrison pulled out his rubber bands as well as his courage and aimed.//If I aim for its eyes, I should let him howl in pain.My rubber bands shall **flaunt** their power!I have been able to shoot a twig from pretty far, so why not put that skill to good use?// In his mind, Harrison was imagining the innumerable times his friends had complimented his sharpshooting. Then, he shot.

Despite his **finesse**, a gust had affected the rubber band's aerodynamics ang hit the mountain lion's nose instead. As a wild animal's instinct was triggered, it began closing in.Alarmed by Harrison's prior actions, Miss Spiezio's eyes wandered around. Before her feet was a log that had previously been blown down by a storm the other day. Memory came to Miss Spiezio. It was the log that had smashed her new cell phone yesterday.There was a cell phone imbedded in the rotting log. **Agonizing** the incident and seeking "revenge", Miss Spiezio picked up the log, and threw with all her might. Whimpering and shocked, the strucken mountain lion scurried to the shrubs.

Shweta became hyper."Whoa!"She said,"That log surely taught the creature a lesson!" Miss Spiezio and Harrison said nothing.They sat down on a boulder, took out granola bars, and wondered what would happen next.................