Survival in a hole

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It&#8217;s been 2 days since I fell. I tried to climb, but I always ended up falling and scratching my hands. Sometimes I hear the sound from above or maybe I&#8217;m going crazy. The water hole in the wall won&#8217;t sustain me long enough before I find a way to go up. Maybe I should think of getting more place to live. I digged a little cave with my hands. I could sleep now. 3 days passed and a pig fell in the hole, he was already wounded. With access to food and water I should be able to survive long enough for support to arrive&#8230; A few days later I set up a trap with some sharp sticks that would empale animals if they fell. With some of the meat left, carnivorous animals would fall sometimes. After a week or so, water began to be more rare so I dug a larger crevasse. Everything seemed fine, I was wrong. In the night I heard a strange noise coming from the water way, in one instant a huge water explosion woke me up. I was drowning. With water invading my place at such speed I couldn&#8217;t focus and try to swim up. No need to say that I wasn&#8217;t a good swimmer and I easily drowned to the bottom of the hole.<br />

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