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*am listening to Because I Do by Pearl and the Puppets”

I feel happy, because some people like my very random story. But, just a few hours ago, I was being tortured. Why was I being, um, tortured?

The teachers had dragged us all the way to the rainforest. We had to walk and walk and walk and WALK, and it hurt. However, there were a few highlights and a few downlights that I’d like to share with you all.

Leeches

Yes, there were leeches. You know, those bloodsucking vampire/slug things that move like inchworm. Quite a few people had felt a curious tingling when they had just past this bridge, including Sammi94, but they had just shrugged it off.

It turns out that they were leeches.

The guide talked a bit about the leeches and one of the boys was showing off the leech on his arm to everyone. Pyro wanted a pet leech afterwards, so she got ahold of one and named it ‘Fluffy’. Luckily, or unluckily, Mrs. Henderson found out and didn’t want any squeamish kids freaking out, so Pyro couldn’t bring Fluffy along.

The Lyrebirds That Were Never There

I like Lyrebirds. They look cool and can mimic almost anything, from a magpie to a parrot, from chainsaws to cars to a girl screaming, “WHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CHEESECAKE” really loudly. I’d have liked to see one, but our group was… um… as quiet as a herd of stampeding elephants?

The Insane Asylum

There’re a few reasons why I like Pyro as a friend. One of them is the fact that, um, Pyro is, um… it’s hard to say. So, me, Timbo and Sammi told her that the rainforest was actually one room of a giant insane asylum.

She’s been scared of The Men In White Coats for a while and doubly scared of The Men In White Coat’s Van. That freaked her out, until she found Fluffy.

And if it had rained, that would have been the sprinklers going off. The clouds were made by a fog machine, the roof was blue and lightning was the thing from the science musuem, the plasma thing.

And now for the downlights

Idiots on the Road

Some people are, let me say this, true idiots. When I was really tired walking up, this person yelled out “All in favour of breaking [Drifty's] ankle?”. Another idiot put his hand up.

And when I walked in front of the aforementioned idiot, he’d yell about how I was pushing in and stuff. Crazy.

And last, but not least, WALKING

OH GOD. OH GOD IT WAS TORTURE. WE WALKED AND WE WALKED AND IT SEEMED TO END BUT IT KEPT GOING! IT WAS LIKE TORTURE! WE WALKED ALONG THIS PATH THEN IT WENT UP AND IT NEVER ENDED UNTIL WE SAT DOWN! That was painful! So painful!

So, now you have it. Reasons not to go to the rainforest.