Personal Project: Treatment 1.5 pages of story.

As the son and the father are finishing up their lunch the father notices that clouds are beginning to roll in, but he doesn’t worry and figures that they will have plenty of time to get back to their camp. They load up the kayaks and head back out onto the water. The father paddles with haste, as the clouds become darker and darker but his son is growing tired and slows down to almost a stop. “I’m so tired, dad. I don’t think I can paddle any longer.” Says the son. “Son, the clouds are moving in fast and if we get caught in a storm out here on the lake we’ll be in big trouble. These little boats aren’t meant to ride on white capped water.” The father replies, with worry in his voice. The father attaches the boats together so that he is also pulling part of the weight of his son’s kayak. The wind picks up even harder and the father becomes extremely worried, and is also growing tired with the added weight of his son, and the second boat. He begins to look for a place to take shelter, because by now it is clear that they won’t make it back to camp by the time the rain starts. He spots a cave about a half a mile away, and makes the decision to head for it. As he begins heading for the cave, rain begins to fall and by this time the father is shouting orders at the son. “Secure your life vest, and hang on to your paddle! If you fall out of the boat keep your head above water, and try to hang onto one of the boats.” Because of the wind whipping back and forth and the chaos of the moment, the boy starts to cry. The father paddles as fast as he can, and eventually makes it into the cave. They secure the boats to some rocks on the edge of the cave and try to take refuge in the cave. The young boy and his father spend the next couple of hours in the cave, but eventually the storm lets up enough for them to get back out onto the water and try and make it back to camp for a second time.