Scene 1: Brian is on his way to see his dad who works in the Canadian wilderness.  He and a pilot are flying in a small amphibious Cessna 406.  When the pilot of the plane suffers from a heart attack, Brian is forced to make a crash landing in an L-shaped lake.

by Sam Prophet (PLS) and Clint Griffin (UNI)

Scene 2: Brian first encounters mosquitoes.  He has just crash landed, and as soon as the sun starts to go down, hordes of mosquitoes swarm around him, biting him so many times that his eyes, lips and face all become very swollen.

by Kaitlynne Vaughn (PLS) and Marissa Cory/Nana Simpson (UNI)

Scene 3: This scene shows Brian picking wild berries when he notices he is not alone.  A black bear is also trying to curb his hunger by eating some of the wonderful berries.  Brian is startled at first, but soon realizes that the bear is not interested in anything more than eating the berries.

by Ms. Sonn (PLS teacher friend) and Jacky Cole and Beth Lindberg (UNI)

Scene 4: Brian is in his shelter, and a porcupine comes in.  Brian throws his hatchet and misses the porcupine, but his hatchet hits the rock wall of his shelter and sparks fly as it hits.  The porcupine sticks some of his quills into Brian’s leg, and it runs out of the shelter.

by Cullen Meyer (PLS) and Jessica Myers and Angie Andresen (UNI)

Scene 5: Brian is trying to make fire by hitting his hatchet on a piece of flint rock.  He gets some sparks and eventually gets fire.

by Tim M. (PLS) and Kelsey Ransom (UNI)

Scene 6: Brian is sitting in his shelter and hears something moving around out on the sand by the lake.  He eventually goes out to see what was making the noise and realizes that a snapping turtle had come up on shore to lay her eggs.  He digs them up and eats a few, but then decides to take them and save some for later.

by Peyton Clay (PLS) and Jacky Cole/Beth Lindberg (UNI)

Scene 7: Brian shoots a fish with his bow and arrow.  The fish swims downstream.  The fish stops in front of Brian.  Brian shoots the arrow.  The arrow goes through the fish and kills it.  This was Brian’s first meat.

by Daniel Licari (PLS) and Casey Garber

Scene 8: Brian finally hits a “foolbird” (a.k.a. grouse) with an arrow for the first time.  Now Brian not only has another source of protein, but he can also use the feathers from the bird as fletching for his arrows, which will make them fly straighter.

by Bennett King (PLS) and Misty Fandel (UNI)

Scene 9: Brian sees a wolf watching him as he’s out in the woods.  At first he’s frightened, but soon realizes that both he and the wolf are all a part of the natural surroundings.  They watch each other for a while, and as the wolf leaves, Brian sees that there is actually an entire pack of wolves.  They all end up going their own way. 

by Alex Mong (PLS) and Cassie Tegeler (UNI)

Scene 10: Brian is sitting in his shelter warming himself by his fire when a skunk wanders in with intentions of digging up and stealing Brian’s stash of turtle eggs.  Brian will not give up his eggs without a fight, so he decides to pick up a handful of sand and throws it at the skunk.  BAD idea!  The skunk turns and sprays Brian, which goes gets into his face and eyes.  Brian immediately runs to the lake to try and wash the skunk’s spray off.


by Mrs. Creeden (PLS) and Kelsey Kreuger/Kelsey Ransom (UNI)

Scene 11:  In my other scene, Brian is at the lake, and a moose suddenly attacks for no reason and Brian is very hurt.  The moose eventually drives Brian into the mud and water and finally leaves when Brian plays dead. 

by Tim M. (PLS) and Kelsey Ransom (UNI)

Scene 12: Brian suddenly hears what sounds like a train coming.  He realizes that he is about to be hit by a tornado.  When the tornado hits, Brian is in his shelter.  The rain comes down, and the tornado blows the hot coals from Brian’s fire onto Brian’s neck and burns him.

by Leighton Potter (PLS) and Tara McCready and Tim Miller (UNI)

Scene 13: In this scene, Brian drops his hatchet in the lake while he is trying to get the survival pack from the plane.  He knows he will never survive without his hatchet, so he dives down to get it and is successful.

by Sam Schillinger (PLS) and Emily Stortz (UNI)

TO COME

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by Jakob Elmquist (PLS teacher friend) and Angie Andresen (UNI)

Scene 15: Brian dives down to get the survival pack out of the plane and sees the dead pilot, who is still in the plane.  The pilot’s face has been eaten away by the fish, so all Brian sees is the pilot’s half eaten skull.

by Gabi Carr (PLS) and Cassandra Millbrandt (UNI)

Scene 16: Brian just got the survival pack out of the plane, and he is looking through it very excitedly.  He finds many things that will help him: freeze dried food, dishes, a knife with a compass in the handle, a sleeping bag, a rifle, an emergency transmitter and many more things.

by Aurion Redding (PLS) and Amy Brozik (UNI)r

Scene 17: A plane will appear and will be heading to Brian’s signal from the emergency transmitter.  A fire with smoke will signal the pilot where Brian is.  There will be a kind of “Star Wars” epilogue at the end which reads, "Brian survived his endeavor, being stuck in the northern Canadian wlderness. For fifty-four days, he managed to beat the odds with only a hatchet. Being only 14 years of age and without any prior experience as well as nobody to get help from, he surprised the experts with his assimilation and wittiness.

by Phynnex Ambrose (PLS) and Amilcar Castro and Zach Ploeger (UNI)