Author's Note: I realized that my last posts were too long. They wer supposed to be a sum-up/conclusion of the fifty pages, yet I thought that you had to 'conclude' pretty much every sentence. Even though it took me a very long time to do, I still think that I was being modest. I must also apologies if I had some weird mistakes. My spacebar and the keys 'd' and 'r' don't tend to work all the time.
Accept my apologies. I hope this post will be better.
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-Continuation of Chapter Four-
Sandra had forgotten her gloves and now her hands felt numb. But like the others, she followed the tour, Aki, to the dogs. She was thinking about her boys, Gráinne, Frank and his ex-wife Rosemary, who was supposed to be seeing Gráinne any time now. She felt sad for all of them, but knew that she had done everything she could for Gráinne and the boys.
They arrived at the dogs'-hangout, and Aki introdouced everyone to the dogs (or the other way around). He also tought everyone how to ride them and what they had to know about the enviorment. He warned for bad weather, going off-track and the dogs' behaviour, but assured everyone that it should be O.K.
The boys were asking a few questions from Aki, and were figthing with eachother.
Johnny and Tom went on a sled with Kalle. Kalle was the tall, finnish man they met last night, when visitng the dogs, so they knew eachother. Sandra however went on a sled on her own, and so did the others.
They rode for hours, enjoying the great scenery and wildlife around them; Snow, trees, lakes and frotsty glaciours. Everything lookedbeauiful and everybody loved it.
They all took a short break, and drank some coffee. Kalle and Aki told everyone some things about the dogs, like the fact that noother sled will run further than te leader's, and they obey o voice-commands. After a few minutes ofrest, they all went back to sledding. They went through a scary forest, until came to a clearing again. The boys yelled "Wilder-ness!" cheerfully.
-The Airport-
Gráinne was still at the airport. She saw people pouring out of one of the gates. She started looking caefully for her mother, yet she still couldn't find her. Some were too skinny, fat, old young etc. The teen then found her mother and they greeted eachother dullily. Gráinne felt anger and confusion towards Rosemary, who only apologized an cried. She talked about how she missed Gráinne, and how she felt awfully sorry for doing all of this to her. But Gráinne didn't react much, only asked questions.
-Chapter Five-
The boys had been sledding now for quite a while. They've come to a clearing, where there were no trees, only snow and horizon. Suddenly, they heard their mother fall off her sleigh (another word for 'sled'). She said that she as fine, and they kept going. Aki was at the very behind, with his snow-mobile, making sure that no-one got left behind or fell off without anyone noticing.
Suddenyl, the boys sa a giant hill ahead, with Aki on top of it, calling for them. The boys felt excited as they apporached the hill and sled to the top. They went down, cheering and loving the experience. So did everyone else, after them.
Jonhhy and Tom came t a strange place, where they knew you could get really lost in. It was a starnge forest, with sudden curves.They kept sliding, twisting and swaying across the snowy land for a long time and had been gaining a lot of distance between the others, until Kalle stopped and fed the dogs, saying that no-one will pass the leader.
-The Taxi-
Rosemary and Gráinne had met with her granny. Rosemary was talking to her, while Gráinne satayed near atxi she had ordered. She observed the two and forgot that the taxi-driver was there, who asked her if the woman was her mother. She didn't answer.
-Chapter Six-
Johnny and Tom reached a lake, where Kalle stopped. They all discussed about the lake's depths and ice.They could hear the ice making sounds of cracking, and see it melt. They were safe, yet it was very thrilling for them. The three (with dogs) went further away from the lake, and set a campfire. They met their mother, Aki ad everyoe else, soon, where they enjoyed the moment.
Tom and Johnny were also talking to the other tourists, who all were friendly towards them.
Aki showed te boys how to cut branches and use them as wood for the fire. The boys were very curious for everything that Aki did. Tom used his knife (the one that he and Johnny were hiding from Sandra), but only so that he could bring a stick to Aki.
They helped to make coffee and campfire for some time, until everyone went to sleep. Then, they snuck out and went exploring.
-The Café-
Gráinne and Rosemar were at a café, having lunch. Rosemary tried to make a conversation with Gráinne, but she either made it really short or portested that she didn't want to talk about it. It seemed to be a rough time for them both. Gráinne was still confused and upset about her mother, who slowly tried to exlain and apologize for her, telling that she has changed, and that she had missed Dublin. But Gráinne didn't want to listen- she was too hurt and angry. The more they spent time in the café,the less Gráinne wanted to be there.
Rosemary tried to keep postivive, and kept asking questions from her daughter. She wanted to start over again, but Gráinne said that it was just crap.
-Chapter Seven-
It was very dark, and the boys had returned from their little exploration, which turned out to be a waste of time. Luckily, no-one noticed they had left. Now, everyone were gathering their things back to their sleighs, and were ready to get moving again.
Sandra had been packing her stuff, trying not to freeze to death. She and everybody else went on their sleds and ordered the dogs to start moving, again.
Kalle's sled was at the front, and Aki had been out of sight. Everything was very dark an the boys were a little scared. Their sled was aheadof everyone elses', again, until Kalle suddenly stopped the sled and said that the dogs ad to rest.
-My thoughts:-
These pages were getting me into the story even further. It's getting very interesting, and I love reading this book. The vocabulary and expressions are dazzling me, and I truly am imagining, that I'm in Lapland, sedding with huskies. It's amazing to read a book that includes humor, friendship and wildlife all in one- since there are very few books that do.
I'm learning alot after each page, and it's absolutely thrilling for me to read it.
On the other hand, the history of Gráinne and Rosemary still make me think and have different thought about the book. It has alot of drama, and sometimes I got confused at a certain emotion or sentence that was said. But still, the story of Gráinne' struggles and Rosemary's influence made me look at a different point of view and enjoy the book even more.
