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I know you’d like to drink more, but we have to ration our water. ” he asked. It was dark now, and they were dead tired. The trip to the mountains, the race to beat the approaching sandstorm, and the hard work of cleaning the plane had taken their toll. Everyone decided to sleep outside again in the soft sand. They all had their blankets if it got too cool. ” Pam cried out. “Don’t even talk about food. ” “Maybe I can get us something to eat tomorrow,” Johnny offered. ” Pam asked. “Some cactus plants have a pulp that’s fairly nourishing.
Paul ran up to Johnny. ” 45 DESERT ORDEAL he asked with a worried look on his face. “Thanks to Jim, he’s going to be just fine,” Johnny replied. ” Aaron looked up at his dad. He was already starting to feel a little better! He smiled weakly and clutched Paul’s hand. “I guess I’d better look where I’m going from now on,” he said. “It wouldn’t be a bad idea, son,” Paul said as he gave his son a big hug. Pam held out the water bag. “Look what I brought. ” she asked. In two minutes, the plastic water bag was empty!
Good! It had been only 20 minutes since the boy had been bitten. “You did a fine job getting back here so quickly, Jim . ” Johnny carefully lifted Aaron up onto his shoulders. Then the three of them started back in the direction of the plane. It was very slow going under the blazing desert sun. In about five minutes, they saw Paul and Pam heading toward them. Paul ran up to Johnny. ” 45 DESERT ORDEAL he asked with a worried look on his face. “Thanks to Jim, he’s going to be just fine,” Johnny replied.
