Alone on the Oregon Trail by Vanessa Carvo

Author:Vanessa Carvo
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Western & Frontier, Christianity, Religious & Inspirational Fiction, Fiction, Romance, Christian Fiction, Historical, Religion & Spirituality, Christian Books & Bibles, Literature & Fiction
ISBN: 1491292032
Published: 2013-07-17T05:00:00+00:00

When the storm finally ended and the sounds of darkness had come to a still, we climbed slowly from the cellar to find our land absolutely ravaged. The house was gone. All that stood in its place was the remainder of the outside walls and the amount of destruction was soon realized.

We helped each other crawl out and as their little heads turned this way and that way, you could see their tears roll down the sides of their faces. Immediately Mattie screamed out in pain and I thought somehow she had been hurt, but she was screaming about Bailey.

“My God, where is Bailey?” I screamed back and I ran to the barn to see it standing so tall and strong. It was a horrible scene to see the house completely gone and yet the barn stood erect.

Thinking Bailey must be in the barn, we all took off towards it and getting inside, we could not find Bailey at all and our hearts sunk. As we all sat there is sobs that screamed out pain, we could not shake it. Then in a moments time, little Mattie mentioned the old oak tree and that Bailey might have went there.

In my mind I was thinking the old oak is probably gone because of how old it was, but it was worth going to check. Hand in hand we all ran out over the hill to see if we could be so blessed to see Bailey standing under it and just as our hearts had cried for, there he stood, under the old oak, swishing his tail back and forth.

He heard our cries of happiness and turned to look our way and began trotting over to us. When he came to us we all three wrapped our arms around his neck and we stood there for a good half hour loving him and finally loving each other.

A twister had struck through our lives, taking our home, leaving the barn; taking only a selected few trees and leaving one special oak tree that stood as strong as ever, covering the most precious friend we had.

Now, it was time to worry about Grayson and we all ran back to the barn waiting for him to return. It was coming upon nightfall and he should be arriving anytime and just as he had said he came pulling up in his wagon that was filled with supplies, food and special surprises for all.

As he came up, he was frantic because he’d seen the funnel head in our direction and what he must have felt when he saw us running out to greet him -- our eyes fully opened wide, our house completely gone and a barn that would, for the time, be our new home.

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