Well 2 by Rice Rachel E

Author:Rice, Rachel E.
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: science fiction, action adventure serial, dystopan futuristic thriller adventure young adult, dystopan action
Publisher: Rachel E. Rice

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Our need for food and water was basic, great, and all consuming. We watched in silence as an old gray haired woman took the black kettle and dished out something to each member of the family. They all held their bowls with trembling hands. The old hag of a woman ladle out pieces of meat into their bowls. “Look. Meat! Where did they find meat?” Shaun whispered. We lay there watching a feast. Our hearts raced. “Let’s join them. Maybe they will take pity on us and feed us,” Shaun said with his glance wavering back and forth. I saw the look on his face and he had forgotten about the dead boy just that fast.

His hands grabbed my shirt and pulled. “Let’s go down there. I can’t take this any longer. It doesn’t matter anymore. If we don’t get something into our stomachs besides what’s left of the dried meat from those bats, we are dead anyway,” Shaun said.

“Think about what you’re saying?” I said. “It was my idea to go down. You said don’t go and that made sense. Now you propose begging for food after killing one of their members.”

“I know what I’m saying. We have nothing left to eat. All we have is a few containers of water,” Shaun said pleading with his swollen red eyes.

“We have water. We can make it to the well,” I said pulling out the map. “See.” I pointed to markers that had been made by my father and others before him. “It’s to the east. No more than two miles. If we don’t find Sarah in the morning, I promise you, we will go to the well and then we can stay there, build a camp, and then come back and look for her.”

I stopped Shaun for a few minutes and I saw relief cover his face. He knew it was crazy to go into a camp of hungry adults especially since they looked fit. The adults’ bodies had fat around the middle or were their stomachs swollen from malnutrition? Shaun knew the truth when he heard it.

We made ourselves comfortable enjoying the smell of meat cooking.

“I wonder what it is,” I whispered to Shaun since he had more experienced with that kind of thing. When I grew up all manner of animals had disappeared in our area. Shaun, a few years older than me would hunt with his father and my father. I never ate fresh meat. What little meat my father brought home, I gave to my mother and sister.

“I’ve smelled all types of animals and it has the smell of a pig. Maybe they found a wild boar?” He said tilting his head and sniffing into the rising air. A small smile broke on his face. I hadn’t seen Shaun smile in some time. It was a pleasant surprise.

“If that’s what pig smells like then I’m sorry I never got the chance to experience it,” I said returning a smile. My eyes narrowed and my brow furrowed.

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