Part+Three

(Pages 91-125)

Brian heads down the river. He has a hard time learning to steer the raft but in a matter of hours, learns the tricks. He gets tired at night but presses on. He wakes up, at shore, with his raft, and he decides he should pull aside every hour to rest so this doesn't happen again. By doing this though he will get to the trading post a little later than planned. Later on his journey, Brian encounters a waterfall! He has little time to react before his raft is smashed into pieces. He is knocked unconscious and Derek is floating away on what is left of the raft. By the time he wakes up, Derek has drifted out of sight. Brian swims as fast as he can to catch up to Derek. He eventually catches up and checks Derek's pulse.He doesn't feel anything. He leans closer to recognize any signs of life and after a moment feels Derek breathing!