Ch. 7 summary

            Brian woke up with his stomach hurting and went back to sleep. When he got up the second time he went to the lake and looked at his reflection he was cut and bloody. He was hungry again so he ate some raspberries. He got scared when he saw a bear, but it left him alone. The raspberries he had were soft, the juice was seeping through the jacket, he started to drink it, and it was good. He fell asleep before darkness came.

Ch. 8 summary

            Brian heard a growl in the middle of the night. He smelled a rotting smell and became scared. He threw his hatchet towards the sound and missed and it hit a rock and made sparks.  The animal that was there was a porcupine and it poked him in his leg with its quills. He pulled out the quills and went back to sleep. He awoke and remembered what he saw last night with the hatchet, the sparks. He swung the flat end of the hatchet on the rock and sparks flew everywhere. He smiled.  

Ch. 9 summary

            Brian rips up a twenty-dollar bill. He uses it to make a fire with the sparks. He gets bark for fuel and he blows on the sparks when they hit the bark. At first nothing and then he has a small fire going. He uses the fire as a guard.