Jared's story for SS

My Hero's Journey

In 1967 the small town of Grant, Nebraska, there lived a boy named james.  James birthday was coming up and all he wanted was to get a gun. His parents weren't happy when he asked, but they had to get him the gun. James had no friends at all. He was home schooled for all 14 years of his life. His birthday was in a day and james was super static. That evening james heard something that he had never ever heard before. It sounded like an earthquake but it was different. James rushed outside only to see everything around had been bombed. Another sight that stuck with him was a body laying outside. James ran outside only to see his mom in flames. This town was really small and had no big hospital. They gave up hope, and that night she passed away.

   

 TWO YEARS LATER

I am 16.  Now and have no money nor family. After my moms death, my dad committed suicide. And all that is left is me. When I had just arrived from getting gas, I heard a nock on my door. The next second all I heard was "We've chosen you". I new what it was right away. THE DRAFT. I grabbed my gun and all my money and ran upstairs. I heard climbing up the stairs and all I could do was go out the window. I shattered the glass and jumped out. When I was running I felt a sharp pain in my leg. It was a bullet. I ran into the woods. I kept running until my leg gave right out. The bullet had only clipped my leg, so I was fine. I had no sense of direction. I got up and ran to the nearest shelter. I found that there was a coconut tree right in front of me. It was late, at least 11pm. I decided to burry myself in mud for warmth, and bush leaves over myself. As I woke up i found the nearest water spot. There was none close by at all. After walking almost 4 hours, I found a stream. I drank so much, I was sucking down water like a tornado. Nebraska is really cold and I was dressed terrible. Jacket and light pants, to the 34 degrees weather. One day I found a shack and it looked like it was being used. I headed towards it. I was surprised to see an old man dead. I poked him to make sure. I stayed the a long time in that shack. Until at night I heard a sound outside. I went to go see what it was, until I felt a very hard item thrown at my head. As I woke up my head didn't hurt, I realized I wasn't in the woods, that I was in the hospital. I moved around, I felt a soft bed. I saw my parents. The doctor said I had been in a deep coma for two years. My parents had never died and I had never got lost. I was surprised at the news. It had only been one bad dream!

My visit with Maruge day ( extra credit swahili words)

Here are some words that maruge said were basic words in swahili:

1. Hi is Jambo.
2. How are you is Hujambo.
3. Fine is Dia.
4. Great is adhimu.
5. Name is Jina.
6. Bad is Baya.
7. Suit is agia. is
8. Color is Rangi.
9. Hot is Joto.
10. Running is Mbio.

My visit with Maruge day 4

Today we woke up at 5 in the morning cause this was the last day that I had with maruge :( . We went to the new Santa Barbara airport. It was the only time that we could find a flight to Africa. It was the quickest goodbye I've ever said to anyone. In a second he was taking off for Africa! Before he left he gave me a bracelet that said, "see you soon".  It was carved into a bone like material. All I could say was this guy is cool and he is going to be a good friend.

My visit with Maruge day 3

Today we had cheerios. As we sat there we decided where to go that day. I came up with the idea biking in a four wheeled bike. Right as I said that,  I realized that maruge was injured on his right leg so immediately I said another suggestion, we should surf. I needed a tan, maruge didn't so i put on tanning lotion. I was desperate! I used my board and maruge used my brothers board. He was really big for the board so he had to have his legs a little off she he was paddling. We came down to the beach and met a couple of people from my school. Maruge down right sucked at surfing. He was going to die. He fell more than he took steps. (video below). The one thing that was going good for maruge was that he could tan. I am white as paper but he was tan like a good poop. I was an o.k. surfer. I could actually ride a wave. My dad had bought me and my brother  the nicest boards. They were eight foot boards and made of foam. After the day we went to a hawaiian shop and both of us sipped on a fresh made piña colada. After the hawaiian drinks we went home and went to sleep to enjoy a nice night.

My visit with Maruge day 2

One thing I didn't know about maruge is that he loves orange juice. All he could eat for breakfast was eggs and orange juice(I don't even want to know the color of his pee was). For the first day I thought that I should take him to get new clothes. My neighbors are really into fashion. So I gave him to them. Maruges point of view:All I new was that I had to get new clothes. It was tough for me two go shopping. One thing that scared me was a air soft store. It remindedme of the consentration camps that were filled with guns. Including the gun that shot my wife (tear**tear). So I am going to a shop called Macy's. I am supposed to go with a small white kids neighbors. I leave the white kid and meet the neighbors they are really friendly to me and take me to get a different thing to wear. I pass by lots of nice clothes (in Kenya we say clothes like "demu").  I found a really nice shirt and pants. They said juicy, I  didn't care what they said like, it was a girl brand. My point of view: Maruge was looking sharp like a pencil, he was like a american business man.
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As we cam home we noticed that we had a coupon for one free ice cream at McDonalds. We stopped there and got fat. As we were driving he fell asleep. We came home and he slept in his new suit.

My visit with Maruge day 1

Arriving at the airport Maruge was taller than what the movie makes him out to be. He was old, and looked like he was injured because he was walking around with a long stick. I looked like he had been through a lot, just by looking at him.
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The first time i met him he was very very shy. He was one of those people that said short answers for ex.
Q. Do you have any brothers or sisters? A. yes. The only person that could squeeze one word out of him was my mom. Was really skinny and didn't wear the nicest of clothes. He had a small blanket over a long sleeved shirt, with long grey pants.  He had a white ghosted beard that hadn't been shaved for a long time. He only had peach fuzz for a mustache that didn't seem to grow in the time he was with me.
(descriptions of what he looks like are in the picture above). Our family had recently bought a new Lexus that had all the new features. He was very and truly amazed at what the car could do. We were getting so side tracked that we got a speeding ticket for going 68 mph on a 45 mph highway. As the officer came towered the car he looked in the back seats where me and maruge were sitting. He thought maruge looked liked a man that was wanted for steeling a camera from a house in Montecito, so maruge took the ride in the officers car. After a little investigating the officer finally let him go and gave us a warning. As we came home maruge was impressed with our house but even more impressed with our bed as we went to sleep fast.