Zip Lining by Maya

I was freaking out. “Estas lista?” the guide asked which means are you ready in Spanish. Even though I don’t think he really cared. He just had to ask expecting me to say yes even though I was about to disagree. I was looking far off into the jungle while the guide was harnessing me to the zip line. The harness was set all over my body under my legs and around my arms making me feel weird. The guide pushed me off without listening to my words lingering in the air.

 I was off, into a big blur of trees and animals. It was my first time zip lining ever in all my life. It was so windy and my hair was all over the place and I had to shut my eyes. Then a bird was right in front of my face. The bird was red, it was small too. I could see its tiny eyes looking for an escape route. I was scared I was going to smash into the bird. Luckily the bird flew away just in time saw monkeys with their long tails jumping from tree to tree, as if they were trapezes artists. The scenery was so gorgeous. Then I saw a different guide on the other side waving his red flag. I remembered that red flags meant you had to brake. For a second I forgot how to break; because I was so scared. Then thankfully I remembered how to brake. I put my hand on with the glove on the wire and I slowly screeched to a stop. The guide helped take the harness off the wire. My hair was still crazy, so I smoothed it out with my hand.

Then I looked out into the trees. Nothing was a blur anymore. It was so perfect with the entire wilderness around me. It felt so good