🍒 John's Rescue a Short Story ENG/SPA

in #writing7 years ago (edited)
This a short story inspired by a doodle made by @airmatti, he is running a contest for a story based on his drawing, the story was supposed to be less than 50 words but I went overboard and did over 200 words, so I did two versions, the short story and the extra short story 😁, hope you like it.
Este cuento corto esta inspirado por un dibujo hecho por @airmatti, quien tiene un concurso para un cuento basado en su dibujo, se suponía que el cuento debía ser de menos de 50 palabras pero me pasé de la raya y hice más de 200 palabras, así que tengo dos versiones, el cuento corto y el cuento extra corto 😁, espero les guste.

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Image source: Doodle by @airmatti


John's boat had sunk after a terrible storm, so he had to swim to nearby rocks for safety, his arms and legs had cuts and bruises, because of the sharp rocks and since he could not communicate with anybody for help, he had to spend the night on the rock, battling with the waves.

John had already spent two days on there, so he was in pretty bad shape, while he laid on the rocks he was praying for a miracle, that maybe somebody would find him, but he thought, as he saw the calm blue sky, that maybe this would be the last thing he would ever see...

Just as he closed his eyes, he heard a helicopter, so he opened his eyes again and he saw a helicopter from the Coastguard, but he was so weak that he couldn't even get up to ask for help, but still, he hoped that they would see him.

Luckily for John, they spotted him right away, the Coastguard had been looking for him since he disappeared, so they wasted no time in getting him out of there and as one of them came down from the helicopter, John smiled at them with tears in his eyes and repeated slowly: "Thank you, thank you...".

El barco de John se había hundido después de una terrible tormenta, así que tuvo que nadar hacia unas rocas cercanas para estar a salvo, sus brazos y piernas tenían cortadas y moretones, debido a las rocas filosas y como el no se podía comunicar con nadie para pedir ayuda, tuvo que pasar la noche en la roca, batallando contra las olas.

John ya había pasado 2 días ahí, así que estaba en malas condiciones, mientras el se encontraba recostado en las rocas el rezaba por un milagro, que tal vez alguien lo encontrara, pero el pensó, mientras miraba el tranquilo cielo azul, que tal vez esto sería lo último que el vería jamás...

Justo cuando cerraba los ojos, el escuchó un helicóptero, así que abrió lo ojos de nuevo y vió un helicóptero de la Guardia Costera, pero estaba tan débil que no pudo ni siquiera levantarse para pedir ayuda, aun así, el tenía la esperanza de que lo vieran.

Por suerte para John, lo vieron enseguida, la Guardia Costera lo había estado buscando desde que desapareció, así que no perdieron tiempo en sacarlo de ahí y mientras uno de ellos bajaban del helicóptero, John les sonreía con lágrimas en los ojos mientras repetía lentamente: "Gracias, gracias..."



OTHER SHORT STORIES I HAVE DONE / OTROS CUENTOS CORTOS QUE HE HECHO

50word story: The Flood

50word story: The Last Thing He Said

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