Snowbound

I sat up abruptly, my heart beat increasing. I presumed that it was my parents coming back to get something they had left behind. I pulled a sour expression on my face so when my parents entered the tent they would see I was bored. Minutes passed. I sat agitated. Nobody had come into the tent. Frustrated, I viciously pulled back the thin flap to the tent and exclaimed, “What are you doing!” I peered at the empty land around me -there was not a soul in sight. Then I heard a faint whimpering. The air was icy cold and stung to the touch but I was oblivious to this. I clutched my boots and rapidly jumped out of the tent to locate the unnerving sound, oblivious to the icy frost which clung to me like a blanket.