The Gum Wraper

Hello, my name is Cyril Huntinghawk. I'm 14 years old and I love my life. I live in Ontario and during the year we make the 14 - 16 hour drive to Rolling River, Manitoba. A local reservation to the town of Erickson.1

School had just ended and I basically spent my days playing Xbox live. Whereas I am known as 'Operation Emo'. After awhile we decided we wanted to go to a visit to see our family in Rolling River, although I didn't want to stay there(simply because I knew I was going to be there for the rest of the summer), but I did want to visit. So on the night of leaving I packed my things and stayed up pretty much all night so I could sleep most of the way there. Didn't work out too well.2

I was in the car wide awake as we travelled through Ontario, now. If you haven't been to Ontario, it's basically a giant forest. 3

Now, we stopped at Long Lac to eat some food. Where there is a subway, I made my order(meatball marinara ), then I spotted my friend Wade Baxter(real names here, lol) we crossed each other and spoke, he was going to Thunder Bay for a basketball thingy or another.(I really don't remember)4

As our trek continued my thoughts were constantly driven to a girl, then I quietly in the back of the van shed a few tears. Knowing how hopeless it was, although I listened to my iPod loudly and I looked outside enjoying the scenery. 5

We stopped at a town whose name I forget , we stopped at a store to get something good to eat, and move our legs. I went in and bought a bag of chips, and a bottle of pepsi. My grandma got bubble gum, after around 5 minutes I asked for a peice of gum and she gave me the bag to grab one(she was driving). I wasn't picky I just simply grabbed a random one.6

I opened it slowly as I looked outside and watched the landscape pass by. When I got it open I took the gum and enjoyed it, it had this little comic strip of a funny inside. And a 'fortune' at the bottom of it. The little strip was actually quite funny, whatever it was. 7

The fortune(to my realization) said 'A loved one misses you' and I almost immediately thought of her, I frowned as I stopped chewing, I thought to myself..8

'No... It can't be.. Can it?' By the time this thought was over I found myself sitting completely still, and I asked for a few more gum to see if any were the same. I opened them quickly to find that there were no other 'fortunes' just these facts children wouldn't know.. 9

I'll never forget that little gum wraper, it gave me alot of hope. Proves the saying, "big things, come in small packages". 10

I still think about that gum wraper, even though that was almost a month and a half ago..