Chapter 45

Name: Dahlia

Zero and Stanley had been picking onions the whole morning, and packing them in the sack.They wanted to leave at the first hint of daylight, so they had time to make it at Camp Green Lake before dark. Stanley wanted to dig the perfect hole so they could hide in it when everyone was sleeping . If it was safe they would try to steal food and water from the camp kitchen .Stanley was lying ,trying to save strength for the days ahead and he wondered what happened to Zero's parents . He was worried about his parents , if they were homeless or not . The next morning they headed down the mountain . Zero held the shovel and Stanley had the sack, which had tightly packed onions and 3 jars of water. Stanley through up everything he had eaten. He slipped on a loose rock and fell .The next morning the bag of onions spilled .He slid into a patch of weed and grabbed a spiky vine which slowly ripped and stopped him . The onions were like foam which stopped the jars of water from breaking .Stanley and Zero were competing who last without . Stanley's throat was dry and his voice sounded raspy. All the boys ate onions .As Stanley was peeling one Zero started to say things about his mom like where he would wait to see her and his giraffe Jaffy (that was not real).He would wait at Laney Park. One day he was there and he waited more than a month and she never came . Stanley really missed his parents . Stanley was not sure if he was going the right way , they ended up hearing faint noises from Camp Green Lake. They walked as carefully as possible not to get caught .They soon found holes and Stanley checked in one to see if anyone was in it .Zero and Stanley climbed in the hole and waited until the last camper was done there job .Stanley came out the hole with the sack on his one shoulder clicking the jars .They didn't want to get caught.