Just as I had expected mom was beside herself from worrying over what could have happened to me.
When I got home I found her in the kitchen.
I told her the story, I had rehearsed on my way back,
The story was that me and my pal had been too carried away building a raft, and that we had totally forgotten about time.
However, Mom knew I was lying.
Mom told me that she had been in contact with all of my mates and that they had all told her that I had not been with them for ages.
So where had I been?
I quickly realized that I had to give her a story that was as close to the truth as I could, without telling her the truth.
So I told her that I had been alone at the beach, to think about things like school, and some of the things that some of my classmates had done to me because they thought I was a sissy.
Then I had fallen asleep by the warmth of the sun, and that I had only awoken when it had gotten colder.