Night Guests



Лукьянчикова Анастасия, 11 лет. Night Guests. HIGH.

Before I took part in the Expedition through the Arctic, I had lived by a schedule. In the Arctic you lose sense of time. Having 24 hours of sunlight we could start our hiking at what we thought was 3 PM but it was actually 3 AM.
Our entire being was focused on one thing: survival.
That day or night (I can’t say for sure) I was on polar bear watch while the others were sleeping.
I didn’t have to fall asleep so I looked outside for some fresh air and came face to face with a ...

I was frightened of animals and woke the others, as the animals were terrible and big.
And we started to frighten them to make then leave. Animals ran away, but after a while they returned.
And we understood that the animals were not terrible. They were cheerful penguins, a bear and a seal.
We laughed and understood, that we attracted them with the smell of fish, because they were hungry.
And then we threw them pieces of fish. Animals were satisfied with the food and wanted to play with us.
It was a fun for all of us. When it came high-time to leave, they kissed us and the bear with the seal nodded their heads and the penguins waved their wings.
We hoped that they would come again.

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