Danger at the Haunted Gate by Jesse Wiley

Author:Jesse Wiley
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Pebbles and dirt fly off the ground. The swirling cloud gets bigger. Branches are ripped from the trees. The canopies of the wagons tear apart.

You look for a ditch or somewhere you can protect yourself from the wind, but don’t see anything nearby. Suddenly, Ma pulls you underneath your wagon, where you huddle with your family. As it starts shaking, you can barely hear Ma scream, “Cover your heads!”

Then as quickly as it started, you see the cloud get sucked back into the sky. Everything is still, and your surroundings are eerily quiet now. The only sounds are of people crying and animals braying. You crawl out from under the wagon, and see all the damage. Several wagons are smashed to pieces, and some of the oxen have been injured, but, incredibly, no one has been seriously hurt.

Pa inspects your wagon. It’s intact, although your canopy needs repairing. One of your sacks of flour has torn apart and there is flour everywhere. And some of your items have blown away. But, still, you’re one of the lucky families.

Half of the wagon train is going to have to make major repairs. Some are going to have to decide if they can even go on. The rest, like your family, can push on and not get delayed further. You don’t want to leave the others behind, but you have to think about what is best for your family.

What do you decide to do?

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