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Hero's Journey-Personal Narrative

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“How much farther?” Tom shouted impatiently as he folded his arms and sank back into his seat.
“Be patient Tom, we haven’t got long to go now” replied Sarah, patting her little brother on the head and smiling.
Hitched to the snowmobile, the six-seater towing platform they sat on gently rocked side to side making everyone on board feel a little nauseous.
The driver desperately raced against the worsening weather, eager to complete the last mile or so of the journey before the heavy snow brought it to an abrupt end. The thick snow coating his goggles as fast as he could wipe them clear.
On Toms left sat an older gentleman who gripped onto his safety belt like his life depended on it, wincing at the bitter cold that continued to lash at …show more content…

The sled wrestled with the fresh white blanket that covered the trail making it difficult work to pull the platform coupled behind it.
Sarah started to feel anxious and thought of nothing more than her warm bed back home, hoping she would soon be out of the bitter cold.
“I wish dad was here” Tom shouted, completely oblivious to just how serious the situation was and it didn’t look like it was going to stop anytime soon. He smiled innocently and the whole experience reminded him of a trip to Coney Island he had taken with his parents a couple of years earlier. With his arms raised up above his head he began yelling in excitement as though he was on a rollercoaster, looking up to see how long it took for his gloves to turn white.
“Dads been busy Tom, he promised to be here by tomorrow afternoon” Sarah shouted back, keeping her head turned so she didn’t get a mouthful of her own hair.
Up front the driver continued to push the struggling snowmobile along, carefully carving it through the deepening snow which churned behind it and slowly built up onto the luggage rack on the front of the

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