IsleofDead（中2）

　　Iwokeupwiththesuninmyeyes。Amorning？HaveIsleptfornearly24hours？Liqi！Youfinallywoke！Thankgoodness！Itriedtositup，butIcouldn’t，Ineedmorerest。Isthisnextmorningnow？Isaid。Jesslookedatme。No，it’sjustintheafternoon。ButLiqi，Ithinkyoushouldmeetapersonfirst。Shesavedyou’relife！Who？Ithought。So，itwasn’tJessthatsavedme？JustasIwasthinking，thisstrangelookinggirlcameup。WhenIsaystrange，Idon’treallymeanthatshelooksstrange，well，sheisactually。Butshe’squitepretty，Iadmit。Butherredhairisallfrizzy。Herclothesarerags。Andherhazeleyesremindedmeoftheblackdresslady。Itrytomoveback。Sheonlysmiled，HelloLiqi，I’mPeggy！Sheheldoutherhandsasshesaid。Shelooksnice，Ithought，soIshookhandswithher。Afterafewhoursofchatting，WeknewsomethingaboutthebigXonthemap。100yearsago，apirateshipwentpastthisisland。Theyburiedthetreasurehere。Buttheyneverwentbacktogetit。Then，notlongago，peoplefoundthetreasure，andthemap。Theythoughtthatthemapisnothing，soleftthemaphere。TheXiswheretheyhidtheirtreasure。And，doyouknow？Icamehere5yearsago。Withmygrandpa。Soonaftershefinished，thisjollyoldmancameup。Thatmustbehisgrandpa。Wethoughtaboutexploringisland。Peggysaidshe’llshowus。Shesaidshe’dshowusthecave。Andsaidthatwe’llgothereinthesafeway，which，isgoingunderwater。ItisSummertime，andthewaterisprettywarm。Pluswe’vegotourbatherswithus，thiscouldbeagreatexperience！Wechangedonourswimmingsuits，andfollowedPeggyintothewater。IthoughtIwon’tmakeit，becauseofmyasthma。Butithadonlybeenafewminutesuntilwereachedthecave。Itwasreallyscary，therewereskeletonsandbonesscatteredaroundthisplace。Jesswassoafraid，sowehadtogohomeagain。Wehadsomewildfruitsfordinner，andmadeacampbesidePeggyandhergrandpa’shouse。Peggyandhergrandpashouldbeasleepnow，listentothesnore！Jesssaid。Ijumped，Jess，youcan’tsleepaswell？Why？IfeltJessmovetowardsme，Well，I’mthinkingaboutthecave，andallthebones。Theremustbesomethingaboutit。IpretendthatIwasafraidsotheywon’tthinkI’mgoingbackthereagain。Ineedtosay，Jessissmart。Wearrivedatthecaveagain，withourtorches。Wemovedaround，touchingthepartsofthecave，wet，dirty，disgusting。Andthen，suddenly，thecavespiltintohalf。Whatdidyoudo？IcalledtoJessontheotherside。Ionlytouchedtheskeleton，anditdroppedtheground！Hervoicesoundedterrified。So，thereissomethingaboutthiscave？Ikeptontouchingandmovingthings，thecavebecomesoneagain。Then，alittledoorcameopen。Withinterest，JessandIwentinthere。Whatasight！Therewerediamondsandcashandallsortsofthingsthatareworthmoney。Andthen，thelittledoorswungopenagain。Andyouknowwhoitis？Itwasthetattooedmanandtheblackdresslady！！Theygrabbedus，andtiedustogether。JessandIwriggled，butit’snouse。We’relockedupinanotherroomthat’sinthecave。Iheardthemanandtheladytalking。Thethingshereareworthafortune！YouhalfandIhalf，ok？themansaidtothewoman。No，Igetabitmore，itwasmewhonoticedthe2littlebrutes，andfollowedthemintothiscavetofindthestuff。So，insomesortofway，I‘mtheonewhofoundthese！FINDERSKEEPERS！NOWAY！Itwasmydad’streasure，youhavenorighttotakeit！thetattooedmanroared。Good，lookslikethey’rehavinganargument。Thatmeanswehaveachancetoescape。Liqi，Ihaveanidea！Jesswhispered，Ihaveasmallknifeinmyrighthandpocket。Youtrytogetitout，andcuttherope！Iwriggled，tellingherIunderstand。ButjustasIwastrying，thedoorwentopen。。。