3rd Installment

The kids both listened for a while, to see if they heard anything else. After a few minutes, they decided it was ok, and they kept walking. Sometimes a sound out here could be heard for miles away. That could have been the case today. They didnt hear any animals running from the sound, so maybe it was far away.

It kept getting hotter and hotter. Jimmy wished he had worn a hat to keep the sun from burning his face. Sara always wore a baseball hat. It was from her favorite football team, the San Francisco 49ers.(insert your favorite team here). Jimmy didnt have a special team he liked, and he didnt like baseball hats. He had a safari hat his dad had given him a while back, he knew he should have worn it today.

They walked along quietly for a while, just taking in the day. Sara thought she heard something and asked Jimmy if he heard it also. No, he hadnt heard it. "Listen real close," Sara begged, "I know I heard something, like crying." Sara seemed to hear things no one else heard, so Jimmy went along with her and listened real close. This time, Jimmy thought he did hear something also, up ahead. He couldnt tell how far, but he did hear it too, now. And it did sound like crying, but not from a person, like an animal crying. They didnt hear this very often, so they were concerned about what they would find up ahead.

Sara knew she heard men talking. She couldnt tell what they were saying, but she could hear them talk. Jimmy heard it too. Maybe the big bang sound wasnt that far away. Maybe it was closer than they both thought. The kids were a little more careful now. They started to walk a little closer together and even a little slower. They both knew it could be dangerous to surprise other people out here on the planes. The grass was still kinda high, but the kids were too small to be seen above it.

To be safe, they decide to yell out a little and let whoever was out there know they were there. They called out Hellooooo in a slightly loud voice. As they walked along, they called out some more. Soon, they heard the men running away. They knew they were running away from them, because the sound of their voices got softer and they couldnt be heard any more. Sara and Jimmy wondered why they were running away. Maybe they saw a lion or some other animal.