Mr. Salsich
English 9
5/29/11
The Silver Donkey
Pages: 211 - 220
Jack was strong and fast, so he was put in the lead. This was very dangerous because soldiers would be shooting at him first, if he even made it past the beach. He did pass the beach and begin to scale the mountain though. He scaled and scaled, watching his fellow comrades tumble off the mountain like rocks. The commanders began to realize how ineffective their plan was, so they ordered their soldiers to dig trenches until a better plan was thought up. These trenches were safe, but the soldiers were definitely stuck and needed some help, but the commanders didn't want to seem like cowards and have their men run. These commanders left their soldiers in the mountain while the enemy rained bullets towards them. By the end of the first few days, 2,000 men had been killed on their side, and it didn't seem to get any better. Jack was a stretcher-bearer though, so he had to keep running injured men down the mountain to the beach for them to get treatment. This was probably one of the hardest jobs to have. Jack did it well though. He even began to not use stretchers, and just put the men on his soldier and bolted down the mountain like a gazelle. He was perfect for his job.
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