Sara: “Whoa!” My foot nearly caught on a tree stump as I ground to a halt. My campers and I were on a hiking trail three miles from our bus when a storm hit. As a thinker, I immediately began to analyze the different options. Should we forge ahead, hang tight, or turn back? Blocking my eyes from the wet sheets falling from the sky, I made a quick decision and turned back to my campers. “We’re going to have to return to the buses; the trail is way too slippery! Shoshana,” I called to my co-counselor. She shrugged wet hair out of her face. “Here’s the plan.”
The Takeaway:
When a slippery trail and a rainstorm hit a hiking trail, head counselor Sara uses her logic to come up with a plan to get her campers to safety.
Shoshana: When the storm hit, I saw Sara’s brain whirring to make a sound decision. My job? Well, I already felt the fear coming off my little ten-year-old campers.
“Shoshana, do you think there’s going to be lightning?”
“Aaah! What if it hits us?”
“If we slip on the muddy path, do you think Hatzalah would be able to find us?”
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