Carlos+Assyrian+Narrative

“Kirbani go fetch the water for the millionth time.” That was my mom by the way telling me to go fetch the water but I ain’t doin that because our scout Gilgasaw was found dead not a mile from here and that’s the closest water well and Hammurabi won’t let the slaves get water from the town well. I’m pretty sure that the Assyrians killed Gilgasaw that’s a pity because Gilgasaw is my FATHER forced to see if the Assyrians were coming. Since the Assyrians gave my dad’s friend who was helping him scout his head and they said “Take this thing to the things family and we will spare your life.” NOW THAT IS JUST WRONG DON’T YOU THINK? Anyways well WHAT THE @#$%. All I hear is marching feet stomping hooves and war cries. Next I hear screaming I run to my house to find my mom but she was looking for me and wasn’t there. I hear more screaming and a stampede of Assyrian people go by my house luckily they didnt see me. I went down to the sewer tunnels were it got quiet. Then I heard cries and footsteps and saw light around the corner. The Assyrians had gotten in to the sewer in order to block that way of escape. Then I heard “Look over there.” Then I heard 45 arrows wiz by and knew that they had seen me. I started running as fast as I could and I heard hooves hitting the 350 year old mud bricks. I heard water splashing caused by my feet hitting the 6 inch deep water. I fell and got knocked out. When I woke up I found myself in a cage that was so small that it was cutting into my skin. My head was in a brace and so was my neck I couldn’t move at all no matter how hard I tried. A week later I was still in the cage in a room filed to the top with these cages. They were just piled on top of each other in a gigantic room. We were in the trash facility and people would come and just dump their trash into the room where we were. For example somebody finished their apple then they threw it in to the trash room and it landed in my mouth. I can’t get the apple out and the apple is rotting so it smells and taste disgusting. I heard the Assyrian soldiers talking to each other and they are planning on branding the Assyrian mark on us and making us slaves for life __ 1 Day Later __ They let the kids go back to Babylon knowing that they wouldn’t make the journey back to Babylon alive. The reason they said this is because its 200 miles of 125 degree heat and there is no water or food. There were about 36 of us and I didn’t think I would make it alive but I knew I had a chance. __ Day 1: __ The fattest of us has been taking up half of the water we have and we kicked him out of our group. He is about 20 miles behind us probably dead by now but who knows. I am parched but the good news is that I FOUND A WATER HOLE AND EVERYONE HAS MADE ME THE LEADER.

__ Day 2: __ 5 more are down and there are only 30 of us left. I personally think I can make it but we have only gone 15 miles and we have 185 miles ahead of us. __ Day 3: __ I am the only one left and I know I am never going to make it. Just an hour ago I fell on the ground and started seeing hallucinations. I estimate I have 10 minutes left to live and I can see Babylon a mile away I’ve got to try.

5 Days later I’m home I made it. But no one’s here. I fell 5 minutes later. I was Dead.