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English        Dr. Thorn (NT)        Thomas Bleasdale 3R

RAVINOFF

A STORY OF AMBITION

        It was a long, dark Alaskan night. The huskies were howling, they must have found a rabbit warren or something. Dmitri Ravinoff was sitting by the fire in his small hut in the Aleut islands of Alaska. Dmitri was an Aleut. He was a Russian Aleut from the Kamchitka that had gone to Alaska to discover the land of his ancestors. Aleuts are strong, well built people who hunted sea lions and whales for a living, or simply so that they can eat something.

        Dmitri wanted more than this from his life though. He wants to be remembered forever for doing something that would change the world. Since his father died in Afghanistan three years ago he has been bored. Spearing the deer just isn’t as fun without his father as a hunting partner. His father taught him everything he knew, before he left to join the Russian army attacking Afghanistan. Mother Russia. How pathetic it was that it couldn’t even take a small country like Afghanistan. Russia needs glory, respect, and a sense of pride. Dmitri may be an Aleut by blood, but he is Russian at heart. Alaska. How great it would be under Russian rule. Dmitri could make it that way; it can’t be too hard can it?

        He decided to go home… to Kamchitka! Once there, he could get some of his friends and raise an army to help. He packed up what little food and belongings he had and set off for Russia in his kayak. Aleuts could do this. Most modern Aleuts are half-breeds though, and do not get taught the ways of the Ancient Aleuts. Dmitri is a full Aleut. His mother and father were born in the Commander Islands, and moved to Kamchitka with most of the families there when they were young. Dmitri’s mother died in childbirth though, so his father brought him up alone, teaching him the ways of the Aleuts. They understand the waves and the currents… get a good wave at the right time in the right place and it can send you on your way like a bullet from a gun.

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        The journey was short and mostly uncomplicated, the only problem he ran into was a shortage of food, but that could be solved with his hunting spear… he soon caught something. Once there, he met with some of his old friends that he used to go hunting with. He spent a few days getting to know them again, and then told them his plan.

A few were unsure. “But what about the Americans? They’re much stronger than us! What could we do against them?” this of course got the usual laugh and cheer of agreement.

“The Americans are weak. You ...

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