Hatchet

He steered it toward a lake so it would crash into the water.

He put on his parachute, opened the plane door and jumped.

He called the air traffic controller for instructions.

He glided it toward an open meadow as the pilot had told him to do.

his parents didn't know that he had run away to join his father

the pilot had not turned on the radio before sending a distress call

he was probably only a few miles away from his destination

the plane could have crashed hundreds of miles off the flight plan course

items of clothing he had lost in the water and that he floated to shore

a piece of wood that he could hollow out for a bowl

the overhang of a ledge that he could use as a shelter

some of the provisions that he had thrown from the plane

Terry had suggested that he get a hatchet, and his dad had given it to him.

His father had taught Terry and him a lot about survival in the woods

He had seen a shower of sparks when he threw his hatchet at the procupine.

His hatchet was outside in the rain, and he needed to bring it in.

used his shoelaces to make a goose trap

rebuilt his shelter wall to make it wolf-proof

began digging in the sand and found turtle eggs

followed the tracks to where a pair of ducks were nesting

having the search plane come and go without seeing him

seeing the wall of his shelter being torn apart by a bear

watching the ravens eat all the blueberries

dropping his hatchet down an animal's burrow

by losing his catch of fish to a heron

by watching a family of deer

by having a fox move into his shelter

by being sprayed by a skunk

roaring of a tornado that whipped him around his shelter

pounding of sleet slamming against the shelter wall

howl of a coyote sitting outside the door of his shelter

smell of a fire much stronger than his campfire

He sharpened his hatchet on a hard black rock.

He built a raft to use as an operating base.

He recited a poem to the memory of the dead pilot.

He tied a rope of old wines to a tree and then to his waist.

He saw the smoke coming from Brian's campfire.

Some Native people had reported that a boy was living near the lake.

He heard the emergency transmitter and then saw the plane tail.

He had been sent to survey the lake and the land surrounding it.