Max where the wild things are boat

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak – Tyger Tale

July 8, 2018November 13, 2018

‘An ocean tumbled by with a private boat for Max and he sailed off through night and day and in and out of weeks and almost over a year to where the wild things are.’

The moment Maurice Sendak’s wolfish hero escapes the confines of his bedroom prison and into the world, there is a boat waiting for him. A sharp, red sailing boat – appropriately also called Max.

He spends just a few pages of the book in the boat, but Max sails for an entire year – a practically Homeric duration. Sendak declines to fill in the gaps and the reader is left to wonder about the events of his journey.

There is something very Odyssean about his departure too. Having tricked the wild things and become their king, he is once again in his boat, cocking a snook at the love hungry monsters. He is Odysseus, in his guise as ‘Nobody’ taunting the wild cyclops Polyphemus.

In his fascinating essay, ‘Introduction to Picture Book Codes’, William Moebius explains how Sendak plays with the picture book format in Where the Wild Things Are. When we first get to know Max he is confined not just to his bedroom but inside an internal frame within the book.

That picture slowly grows as the room fills with vegetation. As the final traces of the bedroom are consumed by jungle, the frame vanishes entirely.

His boat then appears, and the imaginary world spreads out over two pages. By the time Max’s boat reaches the island of the Wild Things, the widescreen effect is complete. The fantasy world is given complete domination of the book.

Sendak talked about giving his fantasies a ‘physical form’, around which he built ‘a kind of house around them – the story – and the painting of the house is the picture making’. This use of framing as a fantasy gateway is also used to great effect in C. S. Lewis’s Voyage of the Dawn Treader. In his house there literally hangs a framed painting of a ship at sea, which magically expands to become the ‘real world’, drawing our heroes and the reader in with it. Sendak is more subtle, but just as effective.

‘Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye and sailed back over a year and in and out of weeks and through a day’

The voyage home is one of the best spreads in the book. Max looks a little mournful, perhaps even contrite as his red boat skips over moon lit water. He is given time to stop and think. The luminous seas and sky dazzle and the soft, cross-hatched palms soften. We’re rapidly winding down towards that perfect, sleepy ending.

Where the Wild Things Are is published by Random House

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10 Submarine In An Inland Park

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A rural Australian park is the last place to find a submarine. However, HMAS Otway is a major tourist attraction in Holbrook, New South Wales. The city was renamed in 1915 in honor of the local war hero, Lieutenant Norman Holbrook, who was the first submariner to receive the Victoria Cross (VC) during the First World War.

As did the residents of many rural towns that were bypassed In the 1990s, the people of Holbrook were looking for a unique tourist attraction to attract passing visitors to their city. When the mayor offered to purchase a submarine, the townspeople at first thought he was joking. However, the idea of ​​erecting a memorial to submariners in honor of the recipient of venture capital investments soon became popular.

After a large fundraiser from the community and a generous bequest from the Holbrook family, the tops of the outer shrouds and fins of a decommissioned HMAS 9 were purchased0008 Otway .

The submarine has been moved to Germanton Park in Holbrook where it has become a popular tourist attraction. The complex has a submarine museum that features a mock-up of the interior where visitors can get a glimpse of what life was like on a submarine.

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Mad Max 2 Museum

We all have our favorite movies. Some of us might even get a little over-enthusiastic as we collect memorabilia and watch reruns. However, the passion of one man made him travel half the world to open a museum in the most unexpected place.

Scenes from earlier Mad Max films were filmed in a remote area of ​​the New South. Deep Welsh countryside near the sparsely populated town of Silverton. (The 2016 Australian census showed only 50 people living in the city). However, it was in Silverton in 2009 that an Englishman named Adrian Bennett came to fuel his obsession with the movie Mad Max 2 .

He spent his time collecting real props, memorabilia and memorabilia from his favorite movie. The collection has grown into a full-fledged museum, where fans of Mad Max can not only view his collection, but also learn more about filming the movie at the location where it was installed. P >

8 Utes In The Paddock

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Holden Ute is a true Australian icon. A working vehicle can be found throughout Australia. The provincial town of Condobolin has a unique open-air art gallery featuring famous Australian icons, all of which use the Holden Ute as their medium.

A few years ago, a local landowner decided to turn a rusty old Yut into a piece of art. The artists were then asked to transform the rusty car bodies into works of art that attract many tourists to the area every year. Twenty cars are upside down or hung at precarious angles to depict the life and character of the Australian bush.

Here you will see Australian personalities such as Clancy of the Overflow and Dame Edna Everage seated on the traditional Australian Danny. Australian icons featured include a huge bottle of Bundaberg rum and a giant can of vegemite.

The display was originally installed at a remote site 30 km from Kondobolin, but has since been moved to the outskirts of the city, where it is more accessible to tourists.

7 Principality Of Hutt River - The Principality Of Hutt River

Photo Source: The Sydney Morning Herald

Every town has its eccentric people, but one Western Australian farmer persisted in secession from the Commonwealth of Australia has become an unusual tourist attraction . Bureaucratic scandal over agricultural taxes at 1970 saw the farmer take matters into his own hands. Leonard Casley (pictured above) simply established his country, the Principality of Hutt River, on his 75-square-kilometre (29-mile) plot near the town of Geraldton.

The Australian government never recognized this sovereignty of the principality, but "Prince Leonard" still retained his postage stamps and currency until his death in 2019. However, Queen Elizabeth II apparently liked the joke, she sent Leonard a congratulatory letter on the occasion of the 46th anniversary of the principality. Prince Leonard abdicated in 2017 in favor of his son Graham, who continues to rule the micronation.

The city of Nain was founded as the main administrative center of the Principality. Here, tourists who need an extra stamp in their passport can pick up a stamp from Hutt River Principality while viewing historical sites.

6 Gnomesville - Gnomesville

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A defiant community outcry over proposed municipal roadworks has turned into a quirky tourist attraction in the Western Australian city of Wellington Mill.

When the council announced controversial plans to build a roundabout in 1995, a couple of cocky residents "demanded the lot" to place a couple of garden gnomes on the proposed lot as a joke. The joke soon spread, and the gnomes quickly multiplied. Today, approximately 5,000 gnomes live in "Gnomesville", which has become an unlikely tourist attraction.

Here you will find gnomes who enjoy almost every kind of recreation, from fishing to music and sports. Visitors are encouraged to add their own gnome to the growing collection, as long as it is tagged with where it came from.

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5 Tantanoola Tiger

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A stuffed tiger in a glass box believed to be the cause of the livestock massacre is unlikely to be a tourist attraction in the small South Australian town of Tantanula.

In the 1890s, an unknown creature terrorized livestock in a small rural town. Stories of a sheep being eaten whole and a creature leaving footprints 10 centimeters (4 in) in diameter were widely circulated in the national media. Local residents were afraid that an unknown predator might start preying on people. The creature was named "Tantanoola Tiger" after reports of sightings of a striped feline in the bush surrounding the village.

A large bounty was posted for its capture, and unsuccessful shooting parties set off to hunt and kill the creature. Judging by the casts of paw prints, it was a wild dog, not a tiger.

In the end, in 1895, a large creature was shot. There has been much speculation about the exact appearance of the animal. It was a dog, but not of any known breed. It was not a dingo and looked very much like a wolf. Later it was found that this is an Arabian wolf. No one knows how this happened in Tantanula.

A taxidermist was called to stuff the infamous creature, which was enclosed in a glass box and put on display at a cost of a few shillings. The famous "tiger" even became the mascot of the local football team in the early 20th century. Today, it's a rather painful attraction at the Tantanoola Tiger Hotel near Mount Gambier.

4 There is a bear! — There's A Bear In There!

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The bend in the long, winding motorway that connects inland New South Wales to the South Coast is perhaps the last place you'd expect to find a child-friendly tourist attraction. P >

Like many unusual Australian attractions, Pooh Bear's Corner was created by one man's imagination and has become popular over time. A local family from Crookwell spotted an abandoned cave halfway down Mount Clyde during their frequent trips to the coast in the early 1970s. The parents made up a story that the cave was actually home to A.A. Winnie the Pooh Milne for the entertainment of their children.

They soon started leaving teddy bears and handwritten signs on their way down the mountain. The idea soon caught on, and others began leaving bears at the site, which became known as Pooh Bear Corner. Eventually, the local council supported the idea by installing a permanent sign on the ride.

Children and children at heart are still waiting for the teddy bears that gather today in Pooh's Cave down the Clyde.

3 Bungendor Teddy Bear Colony

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Along the highway linking the rural town of Banjendore and Queanbeyan, near Canberra, teddy bears are once again a unique attraction. Along the road for several kilometers, tourists can stop to see the many teddy bears hanging from the trees. Some of them are relatively new, others look somewhat worn and worn.

The first teddy bears appeared in the late 1980s. Since then, their numbers seem to be growing much faster than the native koalas that inhabit the area. Visitors to the colony regularly make their own additions to the Banjendor teddy bear colony.

How the teddy bear colony came into being remains a mystery. Theories suggest that the first bears arrived here to protest the cutting down of trees, threatening the local koala habitats. Another theory is that the first bears were a memorial to a young man who died tragically in a motorcycle accident.

The true origin of the teddy bear colony may be lost over time. However, like many offbeat Australian tourist attractions, the trend has caught on and continues to grow to entertain passing motorists.

2 Coila Prawn Girl

Photo Source: Narooma News Coila. At least that was the case until 2013, when the new owner came up with an interesting idea - to encourage passing drivers to stop and maybe buy local shrimp.

"Coila Shrimp Girl" has become something of a local icon. A bikini-clad dummy is tied to a roadside advertising sign and successfully urges motorists to stop. The mannequin has also been the victim of several kidnappings over the past couple of years.

Tourists often stop to take pictures with this strange attraction. The eccentric owner recently added a pink Cessna nose-dive to the runway as an extra stimulus for the unusual photo stop.

1 The Dunny At Humpty-Doo

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The very name of the provincial town of Humpty-Doo in the northern territory makes visitors giggle. One local larrikin took humor to a new level.

Waldo Bailey, owner of the local gift shop, also writes Australian Bush Poems, funny little plays that make fun of everyone and everything. Not content with simply reading his ditties to shoppers, he devised an amusing way to present his prose.

Inside the shop, he set up a traditional "bush house", a small wooden latrine. there used to be a toilet in the backyard of every Australian home. Waldo actually sits on a danny to deliver his poetry from the depths of the "thunder pit". Once again, what started as a joke has turned into a tourist attraction that draws tourists in so they can enjoy a little Australian humor.

Leslie Connor is a retired newspaper editor who provides travel articles for online publications and on her travel blog.

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Witch's Island

Day 1

It's a Saturday summer morning, and it's already light outside. The July sun was shining its rays into the untidy room, as always. Nicholas was still sleeping like the dead. Even, it would seem, the sounds of life outside the window could not wake him up. But no, as soon as the ringtones of his mobile phone were played, Kolya jumped up abruptly, looked at his watch and said, “Damn, it’s already nine!” - took the phone in his hands, on the display of which the name "Romka" shone.

- Hello!

– Where the hell are you? We've been waiting for you! We agreed at exactly nine, at the bus station!

- That's it, I'm running! Overslept!

- Come on! To be in half an hour!

After these words, Kolya hung up the phone and ran to get dressed. How strange, he already had everything ready - the hiking backpack was assembled. “It remains only to throw it on your shoulders, go down and ...” Nikolai began to think, “Most likely you will have to catch a ride,” our hero continued his thought.

Having gone downstairs and out into the street, Kolya began to vote. He was lucky: a nine stopped in front of him.

- To the bus station, 200! he shouted.

- Get in, let's go! he received in reply.

At 09:20 he was already there. At the bus station, three disgruntled guys were waiting for him: Roma, Vanya and Max.

– Well, why is it taking so long? Roma shouted when he saw Nikolai.

– Excuse me, guys, after yesterday… – Nikolai began

– It’s good to make excuses! Vanya interrupted him with a smile.

- All the guys, we are loading, our bus is leaving now! – began to rush Max.

The road was boring and tedious. The guys slept for the first half of the journey, and the second they did something: someone listened to music, someone surfed the Internet on their smartphone, and Kolya just looked out the window. A sign appeared outside the bus window: "Republic of Karelia." Then the stop at which our guys got off. There, a car was already waiting for them, which was supposed to take the guys to the pier. They were already eager to get into the boat, get to some island and go fishing.

The sun was already high. It was evening.

The guys arrived safely at their destination and started setting up camp. Well, like a camp - two tents, a canopy from the rain, a table equipped for eating and not only, but they also built something like a stone stove for cooking all sorts of goodies.

- I suggest building a fire and drinking something. We'll go fishing tomorrow, but today we need to rest from the road! - said Roman, whom everyone supported. The guys built a fire, sat around it, began to drink (they had several cases of beer and a couple of bottles of vodka with them, which they stocked up in a shop near the pier), chat and, as always happens, sing along with the guitar. Ivan played this instrument very well. Time passed, it began to get dark. Roma decided to go to sleep, because that day he got up before everyone else, and when it was already completely dark, and the moon illuminated the whole area, the rest of the guys also went to the side.

The fire had long since died out, leaving only a few pieces of wood that continued to smolder, leaving small flames behind. Hiking and fishing enthusiasts slept very soundly. Everyone except Roma, who was sensitive to the slightest rustle, which, later, woke him up. He opened his eyes, and, looking up the tent, began to carefully listen to the surrounding silence, - Nothing ... - But he was about to close his eyes again when something cut through his sensitive hearing. These were steps that approached from the thickets of the island to the tents.

“Vanyok is probably walking around. I had a good night's sleep, now I can't sleep," thought Roma.

The steps were getting closer and closer, and were already quite close. And when they reached the tent, they subsided. There was a snort, as if someone was breathing heavily. After a short "standing", steps were heard again, which made a circle around one tent and headed towards another. “I probably drank too much, but I didn’t mix up the tent,” Roma thought again about Van, after which everything was quiet.

Suddenly Roma felt the need to get out. After a brief swarming and slowing down of the tent, as well as listening to Max's whining that he was disturbing sleep with his actions, Roma ended up on the street. After stretching out, as people do, after a long couch, he went to the nearest bushes, the path to which lies through a dining place with a canopy from the rain. Passing by this "dining room" Roma saw that someone was lying on a makeshift bench. - Ha, here Vanek gives, after all, he did not find a tent, drunk! Not very loud, he said out loud. After completing "important matters", Roman went back. Passing by the place for lunch, he stopped, once again looked at the sleeping man and moved on, and after a couple of moments he found himself in a tent, where he was already lying inside, listening to the night sounds of nature.

Suddenly, steps were heard again, rapidly approaching him. Roma stuck his head out and saw Kolya.

– Roma, how are you? Who goes drunk there, confuses tents? Max?

- No, I think Vanyok. Max is sleeping here, he didn’t even get up,” Roman answered smiling.

- Yes, you drive! Vanya sleeps in a tent. I heard steps: now he walks, then he stands there, then he stands there. I thought I had drunk enough, now waking up can not find its place.

Stop! If Max is here, Vanya is there, then who sleeps under a canopy on the street? - Roman asked with surprise and bulging eyes, after which he frightened out of the tent, taking a flashlight with him and with trembling hands began to shine on the place where the unknown lay. It was Max.

– What are you doing here?! Roma called out to him.

- Damn! Who's in your tent then, Rum?! Kolya shouted.

– Yes, what are you talking about? Let's sleep! Max began to speak in an indistinct voice.

- What's going on here? Ivan got out of the tent.

Then Roma and Kolya looked at each other, Nikolai took a knife, and they went to Romina's tent, and Max and Vanya followed, not understanding anything. Coming closer to her and directing the light in the right direction, they were horrified. There was a hole in the wall of the tent, as if someone had torn it with claws, and the sleeping bags were torn to shreds.

- What the hell is this? – with horror asked Max.

- I'm shocked! Vanya added.

After a short reflection, the guys kindled a fire (they still had firewood from yesterday, and they also had dry fuel), and began to sit and look with dull eyes filled with fear towards the small island forest, frightened by every rustle. The silence was broken by Roma:

- Max, how did you end up on the street?

- I did not go to bed in the tent, I decided under a canopy. I heard footsteps: someone stopped beside me and sniffled. I thought it was one of you who goes to the toilet and can't find his place. I suspected that it was you, because he said something about Vanka when he passed me.

- Yes, I was passing by, thinking that Vanya was looking for a tent and collapsed on the street.

“And I heard that someone was walking around,” Nikolai began, “and I thought that one of you got lost,” Kolya continued pointing at Roma and Max, “I got out of the tent and there was no one.

– Who tore the sleeping bags like that? Vanya added.

So they sat up all night talking about what it was, in fear that this "something" would return, but this time they would suffer, just like Roma and Max's sleeping bags had suffered. When it began to get light, fear began to leave the guys, and they began to fall asleep one by one. So sitting and slept near the fire, which gradually began to fade with the advent of the first ray of the sun. The guys did not yet know that many unexpected surprises awaited them ...

Day 2

The sun shone in Roma's closed eyes for a long time, and the stiff and numb muscles said just that - wake up, wake up, wake up! And so, he opened his eyes, slowly and clumsily stood up, looked around and was horrified. Without thinking twice, Roman pushed the guys aside, saying: “Wake up! Alive! Climb!" – the guys immediately jumped up with surprised faces and began to look around. What they saw shocked them: all things were scattered around the camp, backpacks were ruffled. And the food was eaten as if some animal had greedily devoured it, tearing apart cans of stew, barbecue containers and everything else.

Without thinking twice, Roman said:

– So, guys, let's pack what we have into the boat and get out of here. Max, come on, start the engine, and we'll take care of the rest! - Maxim ran to the shore, which was 30 meters from the camp, and the guys began to collect what remained untouched, or rather whole, after that night.

Suddenly a shout was heard:

– Guys, run here! Hurry! Max screamed.

After a couple of moments, all three of them rushed to the boat.

- Someone turned the motor around! Max said.

Yes, the motor looked like it had been gnawed at, broken, turned over all night.

– Where are the oars? Ivan asked in surprise.

- I don't know! – with no less surprise responded Max.

– Where did you leave them? Roma asked.

- I remember that the oars were in the boat! Why the hell are they dragging them to the camp? I'm not an idiot!

- Maybe we didn't take them at all? Kolya added.

- Why didn't they take it? How did we leave the pier? Oars, perhaps? Maxim said sarcastically.

That's how the guys lost the opportunity to leave the island. Three kilometers to the nearest settlement, and they were left without food. After a short search in the camp of things, mobile phones were found, or rather, what was left of them - broken displays hanging on wires and all sorts of circuits there.

– We have to get out of here somehow! The island is rather big, in the forest you can run into a creature that could do all this. I propose to go around the shore and look around, maybe there is one of the tourists, someone stopped today, or recently. Kolya suggested.

- I agree! Let's all go together. We need to take improvised means to defend ourselves, flashlights if it gets dark, matches to make a fire or torches. Roma added.

And so, four guys went along the island along the coast. It was not very convenient to walk: somewhere there were stones, somewhere there were descents and ascents, somewhere there was a swamp that had to be bypassed, but after a long journey, the guys saw two tents, after which they quickened their pace. They were glad of the find, glad that they were not alone on this damned island. It didn't take long to rejoice. After they reached the place, they were horrified. What they saw made their hearts sink into their heels! In front of them were two tents at a distance of 10 meters, which were closed, but in each of them, in the walls that were directed towards the forest, there were huge holes, as if some kind of animal, not knowing how to leave this dwelling, just broke through its way out with sharp claws.

Coming closer, the guys noticed that inside, just like theirs, sleeping bags were torn to shreds... Only there was one unpleasantly creepy nuance that complemented and worsened this terrible picture: the sleeping bags were bloodied. Looking around, one could notice dried drops of blood on the stones and on the tent.

- Damn! What the hell? I don't want to perish on this island! Nikolay said.

- What the hell is this? Vanya added.

- Do they have a boat left? Max asked, who was also not happy with this situation.

- Let's go quickly to the shore! Roman said loudly. And the guys, almost running, went to the side where the boat could be moored.

- Yes! There she is! - shouted Max.

- Hooray! Let's get out of here! Nikolai added.

They jumped into it and tried to start the engine.

– It works! Max shouted, whose joyful face turned into disappointment. The boat began to fill with water. She was full of holes, and not just full of holes, but an imperceptible thin hole was cut along the keel, as if she had been sawn by a grinder.

- Damn! We drop everything! Move on! - Roman said with anger and disappointment.

- Where are we going? We're locked in here! Max asked.

- We haven't seen the whole coast yet, have we? Nikolai began, “Maybe there’s something else there, we’ll find something.”

Our heroes continued along the coast, fearing that "something" might deal with them. While the guys were walking, the sun began to hide behind the clouds, it started to rain a little. Having reached their side of the island, where 100 meters remained to the camp, and he was already in the visibility zone, they saw that the boat was leaving. Someone, rowing oars leaves the island.

- Hey! Stop! - the guys started shouting in unison and ran towards the camp, - Stop, thief! - obscene language and all obscene words they shouted. Having reached the camp, Max undressed to the waist, despite the drizzling rain, and, with the words, “I will catch up with him!” – rushed to swim to catch up with the thief. The boatman stopped working with oars and stood fifty meters from the island. The black silhouette was sitting with its back to the guys, hunched over, looking at the bottom of the boat. When Max swam 25 meters, the silhouette stood up to its full height. Max stopped and started yelling, “Give the boat back!” Row back! The silhouette turned sharply. Maxim, at the sight of this, almost stopped his heart: in front of him stood something completely black, instead of eyes which had green cat-shaped lights, and where the mouth should be, there was a wide hole filled with blade-teeth in several rows, like sharks, only longer. It smiled and showed its tongue, a black spiked tail pointed at the end was visible behind it. This creature spread its arms, as if a tiger is trying to jump on a victim, claws sharply protruded from the fingers of this creature, like Wolverine from X-Men, only there were five of them, it made a heartbreaking roar and jumped into the water. Cutting through the surface of the lake, it was clear how rapidly it was approaching Max, who was in a stupor.

- Why are you up! Swim back!!! his friends shouted at him.

Max came to his senses and said:

– Damn it! What's this? Crap! Crap! began to swim towards the shore.

- Faster! It's near! his friends shouted.

There were ten meters left to the island, and the creature was 5 meters away from Max. A couple more strokes and it's over! Then, not far from his head, something plopped down, then another to the right, near his leg. He saw that the guys were throwing stones. Suddenly Maxim felt an unpleasant sensation. The creature slashed its claws on his leg, after which he turned to face this creature and began to think that he was finished. Looking into those evil eyes, he realized that it was smiling joyfully. Maxim closed his eyes and prepared for death, when suddenly he heard a blow and a wild squeal.

- Yes! They got me! Roma shouted.

– Well, why are you up?! Come on, swim faster! Kolya shouted.

In a moment, Max was on the shore, and Roma boasted about how he hit this freak with a stone right in the head, after which this creature went under the water with a squeal. Then the four guys went to the edge of the island and watched as the wind that had just risen carried their boat away, and with it their hope to leave this accursed place went away. In the water, they noticed how the head of this creature rose from under the water, 25 meters from the shore, emitted something similar to laughter and again went under the water. All four had goosebumps. They were very creepy and scared, because there was a night ahead.

Preparation

The wind that carried our heroes' boat away dispersed the clouds, the sky became clear, and the evening sun came out. The guys decided to prepare for the upcoming night. They stocked up with brushwood, chopped firewood from the remaining, oddly enough, logs, with an ax, oddly enough, remained untouched by the creature: it stuck stuck in a tree, near the dining room - It can also be used as a weapon. Roma thought.

Ivan found a first-aid kit among his rummaged things and bandaged Max. His leg ached a lot, especially when he got up, because all the blood rushed to the wound, causing discomfort. When the firewood was finished, Roman and Maxim began to plan something like spears from sticks, picked up more or less even. Kolya, on the other hand, dragged stones so that he had something to defend himself when the creature approached. - Oh, it's a pity that gasoline was left in the boat, it was possible to make molotov ... - Ivan, after bandaging Max, began to inspect the scattered things in search of something useful.

When the sun began to set, a pink sunset appeared, the guys moved the canopy of the dining room closer to the shore, where their fire was located, so that, in case of rain, it could burn, and also made benches and places to sit. They were scared, because they did not know what awaits them at night.

After all the work, the guys kindled a fire and started discussing what kind of creature it was, what happened to other tourists and how to get out of this cursed island.

Moonlight night

It got dark very quickly, and darkness enveloped the mysterious island. Only the rays of the white moon illuminated the edge of the island forest and those places on the coast where the light from the night fire could not reach. A fresh breeze blew. The sky was clear, filled with small twinkles of stars. It was cool, but our heroes somehow didn’t care about this, since the fire warmed them with gentle warmth. The fire was soothing. It was a pleasure for them to look into it and listen to the crackling of wood, engulfed in flames. Everyone sitting around this heat source thought.

Roman was the first to interrupt his thoughts, “You have to sleep in turns. I think about an hour and a half. What do you think about this?

- Seems a bit too much to me! - objected Ivan

- And it seems to me just right. - answered Maxim

- Yes. One hour is not enough, and two is too much. An hour and a half is just what you need! Nikolai added with a smile.

- Resolved. So we are on duty for an hour and a half. First I, then Vanya, then Maxim, then Kolya. Roman concluded. - Oh, and more. If anyone notices anything, then immediately, without hesitation, wake everyone up!

– Yes, all right, just don’t wake me up for some nonsense: the bushes have moved, some noise in the distance, and the like! Max continued.

At this the guys went to bed. Near the fire, they built excellent beds under a canopy from the rain. Sleeping in a tent is dangerous. It is strange that one remained untouched. This evil spirits scattered all things, tore one at night, and left the second untouched until morning.

Time passed. Everything was quiet. Roman had already defended his own and went to wake Vanya.

“Hey, get up, it’s time to be on duty…” Roma pushed Ivan in a whisper.

- That's it, I'm getting up. I get up. Stop pushing…” he replied.

Roma went to the side, and Vanya sat down to watch, having previously taken the watch from the one who had gone to bed. Half an hour passed - silence. Ivan began to think that everything would be fine, he would serve his time and go back to sleep. Another half an hour passed - there was a crunch. Our "sentinel" perked up and began to peer into the forest, with the thought, - Yes, why now, damn it! - Then there was a second crunch. Vanka's heart was pounding with fear. Now the third crunch. Ivan was uneasy, terrible thoughts began to creep into his head, which began to intensify the noise of the foliage of shrubs growing near the edge. Our hero began to peer between the trees and was seriously frightened. Yes, there is someone walking around. It was clearly visible that something was walking back and forth inside the forest, as if he did not dare to go out to the edge.

Ivan sat and peered. - Maybe it seems! he thought. Suddenly the rustling of the leaves abruptly stopped and everything was quiet. Vanyok began to visually inspect the entire edge - every tree, every bush, as the silhouette he noticed where they used to have a dining place, horrified him. - Crap! Who is standing there?! Wake up, don't wake up! Flashlight, shine it! he thought, frantically trying to find this device designed to destroy the darkness. Fumbling for a short time, the necessary thing was found, and the light hit the place where the creature supposedly stood. - Oh, damn it! - Ivan shouted loudly from fear, dropping the flashlight. Yes, he managed to see this creature that was chasing Max today, before he dropped the one that emitted light from the batteries.

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