Survive!
Helen Brooke
Illustrated by
Andy Parker
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Survive!
IYour
name is Chris,
and you are in a small
plane, going across the Rocky
Mountains. Suddenly the engine
starts to make strange noises and the
plane begins to go down into one of the mountains. Your
radio does not work, and nobody knows where you are.
 Go to 20,
Survive!
2 You walk for about twenty minutes, wearing the coat
and carrying the whisky and the map. The snow is
deep and you are very cold.
 Nou go back to the plane and get some
different things. Go to 29.
3You go back to sleep. You don’t hear the helicopter
again. The next day you walk down the river again.
 Go to 21.
Survive!
5 You eat the fruit. It isn’t very good, but you’re ver}/
hungry so you eat a lot. You take some with you. You
can eat it later.
 Go to 10.
Survive!
6 You walk for about twenty minutes, wearing the coat
and carrying the bananas and the cigarette lighter.
The snow is deep and you are very cold. You go into the
trees and light a fire.
Survive!
7 It’s evening again, but because of the fish you are not
hungry. You make a small house under the trees. You
wake up early in the morning. There’s a lot of noise. You
run out and look up. There’s a helicopter in the sky. You
can see it, but it can’t see you because of the trees, and it
is going away.
	You run after the helicopter.
Go to 31.
	You go back to sleep. Go to 3.
	You build a big fire. Go to 35.
	You shout at the helicopter
and wave your arms. Go to 37.
Survive!
8 You are a long way down the valley, and it is nearly
night again. You make a fire in the trees and eat the
bananas. The next morning you are very hungry. You
must find some something to eat. In the snow you see the
tracks of an animal. Perhaps you can kill and eat this
animal.
	You walk after the tracks. Go to 39.
	You are afraid of big animals. Perhaps the animal is
dangerous. You walk down the mountain. Go to 17.
9 You walk for a few minutes, carrying the bananas, the
cigarette lighter and the map. But it is very cold.
	You light a fire. Go to 36.
	You go back to the plane and get the whisky. Go to 34.
Survive!
1 Л It is now afternoon. You begin to feel very ill.
I V Perhaps the fruit is poisonous. You sit down in
the snow. You cannot walk. You sit in the snow and get
colder and colder.
 Go back to 1.
Survive!
1 You walk across the lake. After
I Сл a few minutes, you go
through the ice, and you fall
into the icy water.
 Go back to 1.
1 T You walk for a few
I J minutes, carrying the
whisky, the cigarette lighter and
the bananas. You are very cold.
 You drink the whisky. Go to 34.
 You go back to the plane, leave the
whisky and take the coat. Go to 6.
Survive!
1 Л There is ice over the river, but there are holes in it.
I "T You see that there are fish in the river. Perhaps
you can catch a fish and eat it.
Survive!
1 You turn to the left because you want to land on
I J the snow. The plane goes into the snow and stops.
You are safe, but you are at the top of a mountain and it
is very cold. And it is evening.
 You stay in the plane. Go to 24.
Survive!
1 It is very difficult to go past the rocks in the valley.
I 4 After a few minutes you are very tired.
	You go on down the valley. Go to 8.
	You go back up the valley and into the tunnel. Go to 33.
Survive!
I T You walk through the trees down the mountain.
II You are very hungry. You see some strange fruit
on one of the trees.
	Yow eat the fruit. Go to 5.
U You don't eat the fruit. Go to 23.
I Q You walk carefully
I W onto the lake. After a few
hundred metres, the ice begins to move under your feet.
	You go on across the lake. Go to 12.
	You go back and walk around the lake. Go to 28.
Survive!
I [j You make another fire. After about two hours you
I J hear the helicopter again. This time it sees the
smoke and lands on the snow near you. You are safe. You
fly to hospital where you can rest and eat.
> Л Y°u are going down very fast into
£1 W the mountain but you can turn
the plane to the left or the right. To the
right there are some trees.To the left
there is deep snow.
	Yow turn to the right. Go to 11.
	You turn to the left. Go to 15.
Survive!
You walk on down the river. You are now very
£1 I hungry. You must eat something. There is fruit on
the trees, or fish in the river.
	You try and catch a fish. Go to 26.
	You eat some fruit. Go to 5.
Survive!
'J The rope
La La breaks.
	Go back to 1.
You continue
La J through the
snow. There is
nothing to eat, but
you can make fires,
and there is snow to
drink. Suddenly you
come to an icy lake.
Ш You walk across the
lake. It’s quicker,
and you must find
something to eat.
Go to 18.
	You walk around
the lake. You can
look for a river.
Go to 28.
Survive!
Л You stay in the
ш  plane. But it is
very cold. Do you
really want to die?
 Go to 29.
*  You stay in the
La J plane for four
days. You see and hear
nothing. You must go
down the mountain.
 Go to 27.
‘ You fish for about
La V twenty minutes. Finally
you catch one. You catch more.
You are now very cold, so you
make a fire and cook and eat a
fish. It’s very good.
 Go to 7.
Survive!
You go down the mountain. After a few minutes
ы I you see a tunnel in front of you. There is a small
valley to your left with a lot of rocks in it.
 You go down the valley. Go to 16.
 You go into the tunnel. Go to 33.
You walk around the lake. After about five
U kilometres you find a river. The water is going out
of the lake and down a valley.
	You go on around the lake. Go to 38.
	You walk down the river. Go to 14.
Survive!
Л ij You want to go down the mountain. There are
£l J some things in the plane. You can take some of
them with you. What do you take?
	The coat, the whisky, and the map.
Go to 2.
	The coat, the bananas, and the
cigarette lighter. Go to 6.
	The bananas, the cigarette
lighter, and the map. Go to 9.
	The whisky, the cigarette
lighter, and the bananas.
Go to 13.
Survive!
О The smoke goes up into the sky all day. But you
don’t see the helicopter. You wait all day. The
next morning you wake up early again.
	You build another fire. Go to 19.
	You walk down the river. Go to 21.
ЛУои run after the helicopter but it is going very
fast. You have to go up the mountain, and you
walk all day in the deep snow, but you don’t see the
helicopter again.
	Go to 23.
Survive!
You stay near the plane. You sit by the
J Cl fire and watch the sky for two
days. Nothing happens.
	You stay near the plane. Go to 25.
	You try and go down
the mountain. Go to 27.
You walk into the
tunnel. It’s very
dark. You see a lamp
and you light it.
 Go to 40.
Survive!
Л You want to get warm, so you
^"1 drink the whisky. But you don’t
get warm, you just feel tired, very tired.
 Go back to 1.
Survive!
T £ You sit all night in the trees in front of your fire. It
JU is cold, but you have a good fire. You can sleep a
little. You need to think about what you can do in the
morning.
	You stay near the plane with a fire. Go to 32.
	You go down the mountain. Go to 27.
T T You shout at the helicopter and wave your arms.
J I The helicopter turns and comes back for a minute.
Then it starts to go up the mountain.
	You run after the helicopter. Go to 31.
Survive!
ЭО You walk all round the lake.
You are very tired and you
don’t find anything to eat. You must
go down the river.
	Go to 14.
T|j You walk in the tracks for
J J a long way through the
trees. They go behind a big tree.
You look behind the tree and
you see a very big bear. You
don’t think you can eat this.
You walk quietly away.
 Go to 17.	*
Л || You walk down into the mountain for about ten
 V minutes. You come to a big hole in the ground.
There is an old rope in the hole.
	You go down the rope. Go to 22.
	You go back, up the tunnel. Go to 4.
ACTIVITIES
Before Reading
1 Look at the front and back covers of the book and choose the
correct ending for these sentences.
1	This book is . . .
a J a love story
b	a detective story.
. c	an adventure story.
d j a science fiction story.
2	The story happens in . . .
a lj Australia.
b J North America.
c [ j England.
d Africa.
3	Which of these things are in the story, do you think?
Ila bicycle
2 a car
3	j cat
4	, a coat
5	1 a dog
6	i 1 a plane
7	a telephone
8	1 a tree
25
ACTIVITIES
While Reading
AT THE END OF PART 16
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1	Chris has a big plane.
2	There are two people in the plane.
3	The radio works.
4	The engine is making strange noises.
5	Chris can turn the plane to the left.
6	There are some trees to the left.
7	There are some trees to the right.
2 Which way does Chris turn the plane, do you
1	D To the right.
2	Q To the left.
AT THE END OF PART 27
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?
1	It is very cold.
2	Chris can light a fire.
3	There is no snow on the mountain.
4	There are a lot of rocks.
5	Chris has a cigarette lighter.
26
Activities
2 What next?
Chris . . .
1	finds a person in the tunnel.
2	finds an animal in the tunnel.
3	doesn’t go into the tunnel.
4	finds nothing in the tunnel.
AT THE END OF PART 7
1 Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)?	T	F
1	There is nothing to eat in the mountains.	D D
2	There can be dangerous animals in
the mountains.	О	О
3	The cigarette lighter is very useful for Chris.	□	□
4	The whisky is very useful for Chris.	О	О
5	Chris can be warm.	О	О
6	There are a lot of people in the mountains.	О	О
2 What next?
1	Chris . . .
a □ sees the helicopter again.
b □ sees a plane.
c □ walks down the valley again.
2	The helicopter . . .
a □ hits the mountain and explodes.
b □ sees Chris.
c □ goes away and doesn’t come back.
27
ACTIVITIES
After Reading
1 Answer these questions.
1	Which dangerous animal lives on the mountain?
2	What is white, deep and very cold?...................
3	What animal lives in rivers?.........................
4	What does Chris use to light a fire?..	.............
5	Does Chris walk up or down the mountain?.............
6	How many nights is Chris on the mountain?............
2 Choose the correct ending to these sentences.
1	The plane hits the mountain . . .
a because the radio doesn’t work.
b □ because the engine stops.
c [ because it is snowing.
2	The lake is dangerous . . .
a because there are fish in it.
b because it is on fire.
c because there are holes in the ice.
3	When Chris sees the helicopter, she lights the fire ...
a because it is cold.
b because she wants to burn the helicopter.
c because she wants to make smoke.
28
Activities
3 Can you remember what these things are?
4 Complete these sentences using the following words: cold,
deep, fires, helicopter, houses, Mountains, plane, river, safe,
snow, valley, walks.
Chris is in a small .......... going across the Rocky
	The	engine stops and the plane comes down
in the ..... There	are no .......... or roads
near. Chris takes some things from the plane and
	down	the mountain through the.
snow. It is very...............................................,	and Chris lights.
Chris goes down a long..........., near a............
Finally Chris sees a..........Chris is.............
29
Glossary
animal dogs and cats are animals
build to make something big, like a house
dangerous something that ean kill you
dark not light
deep a long way from the top to the bottom
difficult something that is not easy
engine the part of a plane or a car which makes it move
fall to go down very quickly
fish an animal that lives in rivers and lakes
fruit bananas and apples are fruit
land to put a plane or helicopter onto the ground
light to start something burning
poisonous something that is dangerous to eat
safe when something is not dangerous
shout to talk very loudly
strange something that is not usual
top the highest part
tunnel a long hole under the ground
turn to go in a different way
valley low ground between two mountains; there is often
a river there
wake up to stop sleeping
whisky a strong (alcoholic) drink
30
I3AIA
You are in a small plane, going across the Rocky
Mountains. Suddenly, the engine starts to make strange
noises .
Soon you are alone, in the snow, at the top of a mountain,
and it is very, very cold. Can you find your way out of
the mountain?
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