The Dark Forest Show: Part I

7. The Dog

You've been walking for half an hour. You're completely lost, but not alone; you hear a precious voice singing one song. As it could be a trap you decide to stay away from the voice and start walking again.

The more you walk the darker it gets the water. You can feel the mud in your feet, but you can't see it. The place looks quiet. Too quiet. But the silence breaks when in the distance you hear a dog barking and crying. When you see it you see how he is sinking in quicksand. You think you should save it, but you know it could be a trap, but you still have courage and decide to save the dog.

When you finally see it, you can see a big and strong dog. It could even be aggressive, but it's crying and barking for help. You know that's not a creature, just an innocent dog. There's a signal on a tree advertising you there's a quicksand zone. You must save its life, so you improvise a rope with a forest vine and go for it.

Half of its body is stuck and he slowly goes down. The more he fights the more he goes down.

With the forest rope tied on your body and to one tree, you go into the quicksand to save it. You can't walk too much till it starts absorbing you, but you make all your force to make two more steps. You can't walk anymore, it's impossible and the quicksand is on your knees, but at least you can hold the dog's front legs.

You pull it out and can see how he starts getting free, but the more you pull, the more you sink. It's okay, because you have the dog in your arms, so you bring it out to the safe zone.

Now it's your turn, you just have to pull to the rope and return for the way you came. You pull with all your forces and realize how you start getting out when the rope breaks. You can't believe your life's finish here, on a quicksand for trying to save another life. At least you are in peace with yourself...