continuation of z for zachariah

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Z for Zachariah- Diary Entry (marks: 5/5 Term 1, week 7, year 9, school assessment)

August 18th

I am writing in the afternoon, having eaten my breakfast and lunch. I haven’t written in my diary for 10 days, which is why after several days of being too tired and busy, I now have time to write down all that has happened.

For the first two days, I began my journey searching for a trace of green, searching for a place where there are other people, people who will welcome me. I walked past several creeks that came from outer intersection paths that I would follow. Tall trees began to appear beside me, then the shadow of the forest. The road narrowed slightly and then became steeper. There was a patch of dense underbrush that swept past my leg. While I was walking, I did not allow myself to think about Mr. Loomis. I do not want to relive in constant fear of being seen and hunted down. The valley which I sought would be home and shelter for my whole life seemed to disappear. With each step I seemed to move further away from my past, and become more distant from the valley.

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On the third day, working hard under the wagon’s weight on the top of the slope, I have finally reached hopeful valley. Mr. Loomis was wrong. There are others alive and I have found them. It has been a long and tedious journey, but now, even with so little of my own world existing, I am hopeful and happy. And I feel like this is the beginning of a new and exciting adventure. There is a steep place where the road ascends to be leveled with the top of the hill, a path that stretches 10 meters before it ...

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