5-Minute Freewrite Prompt: Eagle Scout

Russel was working hard to the rest of his teammates. This was going to be his last requirement before he completed all of his merit badges to be a true Eagle Scout. He just had to to do it, since his 18th birthday was already around the corner.

"Why would they include cooking in the Eagle Scout achievements?" he murmured. Russel hated cooking his whole life but he could not escape from it. Having been in the scout for years, he knew he wanted to complete all the different requirements as almost all men in his family were Eagle Scouts. It was almost like a tradition for them. But when we leant that this current achievement is on cooking and moreover cooking in the wild, he almost gave up.

Nevertheless, Russel went into the forest to chop some woods to make a fire, almost effortlessly. This he has learnt in his module on surviving in the wild. Then, he fetched water from a nearby stream and put the water to boil on the fire. Now, he had to collect some wild food that he could cook and consume.

As he was wondering into the woods, he came across someone singing and cooking at the same time. He could smell the wonderful aroma of some relish soup. As he hid behind the trees, he could not believe his eyes what he saw - a goblin!!! Russel rubbed his eyes several times to make sure he saw the right thing, because he thought all those were folktales.

The goblin was tasting his soup. "Ahhhhh, this is just right!" he exclaimed happily.

Russel watched him as he moved nearer until he stepped on a branch.

"Who's that?" the goblin turned around, suddenly got on his guard.

Russel knew he had to come out. "Don't be afraid, my name is Russel. What are you?"

The goblin held his ladle and a branch towards Russel, ready to strike if Russel went closer. He was very defensive.

"It's okay, I won't hurt you. I heard your singing and smelled your soup. It smells so tasty. I wish I can cook as well as you, " Russel explained himself, hoping to help the goblin feel more at ease.

"Oh this is no ordinary soup. It's called the chef's soup, " replied the goblin timidly.

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Freewrite is a prompt writing initiated by @mariannewest and @improv to write a free-flow post without correcting or editing. I checked out her post to really get what it is before I jumped on the bandwagon. Basically, there is no right or wrong, just let the mind and fingers do their work, to find our creative self and let it come out of us.

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