The Waterfall

This story is about how Davey rescues his dog and best friend Goliath. Goliath has a very interesting adventure. While the Hanson family is camping; Goliath comes along. Goliath decides to venture out on his own and survey the area around the camping grounds. As Goliath travels around the trees, he sees squirrels and other inhabitants of the forest. Goliath even runs into a bear! Goliath is able to avoid the bear, but he becomes distressed when he falls into a deep pit. The pit is actually for the bear! Goliath is able to get out of the hole and travels back to the camp ground when he hears Davey calling him to come for breakfast. After breakfast, Goliath decides to make another trip to the area that he surveyed earlier. Goliath wants to go to the Waterfall. Goliath and Davey decide that they will venture to the Waterfall together. Dad reminds Davey that they must clean up before they start enjoying the area. So, Goliath sets out toward the Waterfall without Davey. Goliath gets near the area of the river and gets into mud. Not wanting mud on him, Goliath decides to jump into the water to wash himself off. When Goliath jumps into the water, he gets into trouble and can’t get out. The strong water currents take Goliath to a big rock. Goliath jumps onto the rock. Davey senses that something is wrong when he calls to Goliath and Goliath doesn’t return to him. Davey tells his Dad that is concerned about Goliath and wants to go and look for him. Dad tells Davey to be careful and that he can go and look for Goliath. Davey begins to travel in the area that Goliath had surveyed earlier. Davey suspects that Goliath is in trouble. Davey begins to travel in the area and sees Goliath’s paw prints in the mud and automatically suspects that Goliath had jumped into the water but wasn’t able to get back onto land. Davey notices a little boat near a tree. Davey jumps into the boat and travels in the river looking for his friend. Davey is about to get out of the river when he sees Goliath trapped on a big rock. Fearless Davey goes after his friend. Davey is able to get to Goliath, but they both go over the Waterfall. Davey and Goliath are able to get out of the water, but Goliath has swallowed a lot of water. Davey carries his friend back to the tent and places his friend in his bed. When Dad, Mom and Sally come back to the campgrounds, they see Davey and Goliath. Davey begins to pray for his friend Goliath. As Davey prays for Goliath, Goliath awakens. Davey is overjoyed. Sally tells Davey that he loves Goliath the way God loves us and will look for us when we are in trouble. Goliath was in such trouble, but his friend cared enough to go and look for him. Boy, what a wonderful friend!!