Hatchet Timeline-Balzer

  • The Secret

    The Secret
    His dad left Brian's mom, and dad didn't know about the secret his mom did. the secret was that Brian's mom cheated on his dad.
  • The Crash

    The Crash
    Brian was over the Canadian wilderness when his plane crashed when it ran out of fuel.
  • Mosquitoes

    Mosquitoes
    Brian pulled himself off the bank of the lake he crashed in to lean up a against a tree. Soon, when the sun arose, mosquitoes swarmed to him and began bitting him, leaving him swollen and itchy.
  • Berries

    Berries
    Brian followed a flock of brightly colored birds and found berry bushes and loaded up on them.
  • Rasberries

    Rasberries
    Brian had bad stomach pain from "gut cherries" so he went looking for other berries, and fell upon a bushel of raspberries.
  • The Bear

    The Bear
    While Brian was pickinf rasberries, a very pleasant suprise happened. A black bear came out of nowhere, and just stared at him. Fortunatley, he did not attack. The bear just walked away.
  • The Porcupine

    The Porcupine
    Brian was awoke by a growl, followed by a fowl odor. Then he felt rustling by his feet, so he threw the hatchet at it, but that hit the stone wall of his cave, sending sparks everywhere. That failed, so he kicked at it, and spines from a porcupine jabbed into his leg.
  • The Fire

    The Fire
    Brian remembered sparks from his hatchet hitting the wall, so he gathered grass, twigs, and tree shavings into a pile. After trial and error, and a long time, he had a fire going.
  • Eggs!

    Eggs!
    Brian heard rustling through the night but could not pick out what it was. When he woke up, he found turtle eggs by the shore of the lake.
  • The Missed Plane

    The Missed Plane
    Brian was making a bow and arrow to catch fish and fowl, and he heard a whistling sound. Then he noticed it was a plane flying ahead, and ran to get a fire going, but as fast as the plane appereared, it was gone.
  • The Foolbird

    The Foolbird
    Brian was walking along looking for raspberries, but when he stepped over a log, a big feathery explosion occured. It was a bird, and it had horrible reflexes. Brian beted it tasted like chicken!
  • The Cutting

    The Cutting
    After the plane flew over and didn't notice him, Brian thought there was nothing other to do in his sadness, so he slit his wrists with his hatchet.
  • The First Feast Day

    The First Feast Day
    Brian had finally caught a fish. So he kept on catching fish and eating them all day, and he had himself a big feast.
  • Intuned

    Intuned
    It has been 42 days since the plane crash, and he is now one with the wilderness. He body is tuned with his mind, and his mind is tuned with his body. Sounds aren't just sounds anymore, they are things to eat and discover.
  • The Wolf

    The Wolf
    Brian was looking for fool birds, when a wolf stared at him from a hill. It was so majestic and big, that when the wolf didn't attack Brian, Brian became one with him. Brian nodded, as if the wolf knew, and the wolf mejestically ran away, and 3 others went by. Brian nodded to each of them. He respected them.
  • Skunk!

    Skunk!
    Brian woke up to a skunk stealng his turtle eggs, so Brian interupted the skunk, and the skunk sprayed him in the face.
  • The Moose

    The Moose
    While brian was washing his hands by the lake, he was attacked by a moose!
  • Tornado!

    Tornado!
    Brian was laying down in his shelter, still in pain from the moose attack, a tornado roared through his camp, destroying everything.
  • Brushpile 1

    Brushpile 1
    After the tornado passed, Brian noticed the tail of the plane sticking out of the lake, and remembered the survival pack in the plane. But how to get to it? Brian solved this by making a raft and to paddle his way to the plane, and he nicknamed his raft Brushpile 1.
  • Treasure!

    Treasure!
    brian paddled up to shore with the survival pack, but fell asleep soon after from being exhausted trying to get it. The next morning he opened it up, and found lots of useful things, like lighters, knives, a rifle, emergency transmitter, and freeze dried dinners.
  • The Transmitter

    The Transmitter
    brian saw a radio looking thing, but it turned out to be a emergency transmitter. He flipped the switch a couple times, but it didn't do anything. Later would he find out that those few flips of the switch will change his life...
  • The Rescue

    The Rescue
    brian decided to have a big feast with his freeze dried dinners, and right when they were about to be done, a plane came in and landed to save brian after receiving his emergency transmitter signals.