Day 9: Date- 7/31/1976
It's been a few days since I've wrote to you...sorry about that, but i did run away. I went when mom fell asleep, i didn't see him anywhere, so i assumed it was safe, so i snuck off, almost immediately i heard mom running after me, yelling my name in anger... so i kept running until i couldn't hear her anymore... i kept running... and running...and running.... until i finally ended up tripping over a root, and just my luck, there was a large hill in front of me, i started to tumble down it, knocking into trees as i continued rolling, i think my leg is broken... but still, i ended up stopping in front of a large cave...i could hear mom still yelling, getting closer yet again, so i drug myself inside... it started getting really dark, so i found a tight corner and squeezed myself into it. I'm not sure how long i slept, but when i woke up i couldn't feel my left leg, still can't... i don't have anything to wrap it with, so i guess i'm going to have to endure it... i just hope i really hurt my leg, i don't think i would last long if the bones really broken... it hurts too much for me to touch it yet...
It's actually not so dark down here, the walls of the cave are illuminated somehow. I've been finding a lot of cool gems just laying around down here too, rubies, emeralds, even a diamond! But i don't think i can take any with me. Don't have my saddle-bag anymore... the cave is littered with fungus too, i tried some, i didn't really care if it was poisonous or not, but it actually tastes really good. I could probably even live down here if i wanted to, i'd need to find a source of water though... oh what am I talking about! I need to find out how to save mom for crying out loud!...
I'm going to stay down here until my leg heals up. I found a small underground lake in here, there's light illuminating off the water, hitting the shore and walls. It's even crystal clear, and safe to drink, i had some earlier... there must be a way for me to test things without possibly endangering my life.... oh well, i will wrote to you when something new happens....