Geocache Surprise by Jake Maddox

Author:Jake Maddox
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: 9781434226006, Fiction, Jake Maddox Sports Stories, Sports & Recreation/Camping & Outdoor Activities, Social Issues/Friendship, Sports & Recreation/Miscellaneous
Publisher: Capstone
Published: 2011-10-15T00:00:00+00:00

With a little work and a stretch, Tim got both hands on the bottom branch. Grunting, he pulled himself up and took a seat.

“Made it,” he called down. “Easy.”

Tim got to his feet on the branch. He kept one hand on the trunk of the tree and looked up. He could still see the twinkling light above him.

It wasn’t too far now, and he could tell it was a small metal box.

“Yup,” he called down. “That’s definitely the cache. Give me two minutes, and I’ll toss it down.”

“Okay. Be careful!” Paul said.

Tim wrapped his arms around the trunk and shimmied up a little, just enough to grab the next branch.

Working like that, Tim climbed another ten feet up until he was at the branch with the cache at its end.

“You’re really high!” Paul called up. “Be careful!”

“Yeah, yeah,” Tim shouted down.

He took a slow step onto the branch. It shook a little, but it was pretty thick.

“Not far now,” he whispered to himself. But the branch was shaking a lot. He got down and crawled a little more.

Just then, he heard a crack.

“Whoa,” he said quietly.

“You okay?” Paul called up. “I heard a crack.”

“Yeah,” Tim said. “I have to concentrate.”

Tim crawled out a little more and tried to reach for the box. It was still a foot or more out of his grasp.

He took a deep breath and crawled out another couple of inches.

Crack!

“Careful!” Paul called up.

Tim held on tight to the branch. He looked down at Paul.

Paul was way down there, he realized suddenly. If this branch broke, Tim could really get hurt.

The box looked close now. “Maybe I can just tap it,” he said to himself. “Then it will fall, and Paul can get it, sign the log, and throw it back up.”

It seemed like a good plan.

Tim leaned forward as far as he could, reached out his arm, and . . .

CRACK!

The branch shook violently and bent, then snapped. Tim fell.

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