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LOST IN JUNGLE

About four months ago, my friends and I went to the jungle for hunting birds. We often do it in every holiday. Before we went to the jungle, we must prepare our needs first such as Air Riffles, Bullets, Knife, Compass, Foods and Drinks. After our preparation completed, we were ready to go to the jungle.

We went to the jungle at 9.00 am and we went there on foot. After that, finally we arrived to the jungle. We saw many birds, we tried to shot it but we couldn't get any of them. We tried, tried and tried, but we only got some birds. It was different with our previous hunting. My friends and I got many birds in our previous hunting.

After we tried, tried and tried, finally my friends and I got more birds. We were tired because we were too busy with our hunting, then we decided to take a rest. We ate some foods and drank some softdrink. Unconsciously, we took a rest on a place we had never known before. After that, we prepared ourself to go back to the house. But, one of my friend asked me,

“Where are we?”

Then, we looked each other. Oh, we lost our way in the jungle. Then I asked my friend who brought the compass to check the direction. His name is Ade. He was a coward boy. Then he checked his bag, I saw his face looked pale suddenly. Then I asked him again,

“Give me the compass, don't say you didn't bring that!”

“Damn! I didn't bring that.”

We shocked, some of us started to panic. But, one of my friend stayed cool. His name is Hertanto, the craziest boy among us. Then he showed his bad smile to us. He said,

“Hey, calm down. Let's wait until the night!”

“What are you talking? We lost!”, my friend answered.

“Ha..ha.. I know, In the night we can see many constellations. They show us the directions!”, he replied easily because he knows about constellations.

I tried to call my father but there was no signal there. Then we agreed to the Hertanto's idea. We waited for the night.

In the night, we saw Hertanto was sleeping, then we woke him up. Then we asked him to show the directions based on the constellation. He point toward a constellation like a kite. He said that constellation named Crux. It shows us south direction. Our houses is in south. Then we followed the Crux. Then we saw many lights, behind the trees. That was road light. And Finally we found our village and we arrived to our houses safely.

After that moment, I never forget to bring my compass in my adventure. What a crazy and stupid experience....