Kit's Wilderness: 4th Post pgs 140-189

"The Snow Queen" in which Allie is staring is coming along well. Most of the hard work is done, and now the company is simply refining the entire show. Allie is quite excited and Kit is proud of her. Unfortunately, like a polar opposite, Kit's grandfather's health is steadly going down. He is now confined to a bed, and the family visits him often. However, half the time his grandfather is asleep, seemingly dreaming about the past, Silky, and the mines. Whenever he awakes, he doesn't really seem able to make sense of what's around him and he speaks very little. On a lighter side, Kit's story of Lak, the ice-age boy trying to find his family again is progressing quite steadily. Lak was able to find some food for himself and is still surviving, traking his own family. Allie has read the story and thinks that it's similar to what she does with acting. She's very impressed with it. Askew is still missing, and his family is getting desprate to find him. Kit is the only one who knows how to find him, but he still hasn't said anything because he feels that he has to change Askew back to the light before he comes back. Finally, openning night for the Snow Queen comes and during the show, Kit meets Bobby who says that Askew wants Kit to come meet him. By the end of the play (which was a big hit) Kit decides that he must go and see Askew, which he does. The next night, Kit finds Askew in another cave, deep into the woods. There, Askew keeps trying to see the darkness, and to find the lost souls from thousands of years ago, but Kit argues with him, saying that he (Askew) must come back into the light. Finally, Askew asks "Are you my friend?" to which Kit responds yes.

If I were Kit, I would be doing almost exactly what Kit is doing. I'd be impressed with Allie's part in "The Snow Queen", I'd be visiting my grandfather, I'd continue writing the story about Lak, and I'd keep trying to bring Askew back into the light. The difference would be my opinions, reactions and emotions associated with every action. In respects to the play, I would be impressed and proud of Allie's performance and I'd congratulate her and be happy for her. However, I would be much more preoccupied with my grandfather's failing health. It would have me worried sick, questioning everything and distracting me from my normal life. That, coupled with Askew's problem would have me constantly on edge. My writing of Lak's story might plummit in quality. Perhaps I would stop writing it altogether. However, I would had definitely gone to find Askew in the cave in the woods. I would have thought "If I can get Askew to come back, I'll be rid of one of the things that's troubling me". I therefore would have done my best to get Askew to come back into the light, not sink into his weird darkness. I would also be pitying him a bit. I would have done the same things that Kit did, but how and why would have been completly different.