short story 'The Amazon'

Number four was the story starter picture Chloe picked to write her story about.
The Amazon

It was the first of January 2000, in the middle of summer. It was so hot everyone was sweating as Bob, Lilly, Christopher, Tom and John Sandwell paddled down the Amazon River. They were on a wooden raft using two long sticks which they had broken off a tree at the edge of the river. Suddenly they saw a house around the corner of the river and a person with long brown hair and black eyes in the water crying for help. No one wanted to jump into the water because of the Piranhas and Anacondas so they reached out one of thelong sticks for her to hold onto. Once they had helped her onto the raft, they asked her what her name was and what she was doing in the water. Caitlyn said she had tried to fix the water wheel at the edge of the river and fell in. When they asked her if she wanted to join their tribe and live in the rain forest with them she said yes because she had no family and was scared. Caitlyn told them "My family was killed when miners came with their bulldozers and destroyed my village".

Chloe Laing