Part 6

Part 6, by Kathryn

Dot lay on her lumpy cot. The ocean waves pounded on distant shores as a tropical breeze went through the straw hut. 

Where was Herbert? Why hadn't he come and rescued her? Was he alright?

She quickly sat up. It was no use. She couldn't fall asleep with all these questions floating around in her mind. 

She crept across the dark hut, her bare feet making no sound on the dirt floor. Babe snored away on her cot. 

She tried at the straw door, but it wouldn't budge. Something kept it locked. She tried at the walls, but they were firm. She had to escape! She had to get Freddie and Herbert and they had to get out of this creepy jungle.

"The only way I'll ever get out of here is to burn my way out," she thought. She kicked at the dirt floor. Suddenly, her eyes grew wide. Of course!

She searched around the desk, throwing papers this way and that. Finally, she found a pack of matches. She went over to the very corner of the hut, and struck the match. She placed it right near her own cot. 

"Fire! Fire!" She screamed. Babe jumped up from her cot. 

"Well come on!" Babe grabbed Dot's wrist and pulled her to the door. Dot smiled, knowing that Babe had the key or the way to open the door. Now she and Freddie could run and find Herbert!

"Clint! Craig!! Clint, let us out!" She hollered. Dot gasped. The door could only be opened from the outside!

The fire grew higher and higher. Suddenly, it caught onto the straw wall, and one side of the hut was completely engulfed in flames.

"What have I done?!" Thought Dot."How could I have been so stupid?" Her heart pounded with fear. They banged on the straw door, yelling and screaming for Clint or Craig to open it. Suddenly, the door opened, and they fell to the soft earth.