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Glirdingo set off at an easy pace the next day. It wasn't long before he reaced a fast running stream, where two stream's met and joined. "How in Eru's name am I to cross this!?" he thought. He started pacing back and forth along the bank, trying to figure out a way to cross the stream.
It was then that he turned, slipped in a thing of mud and fell partway into the river. He caught himself and clambered back out onto the. It was then that he noticed that his sack was missing. He looked downstram and saw it floating along the river. "Oh no!! My food! My clothes! My rope and my canteen!!" he cried aloud. Luckily, he still had his bow, arrows, dagger and walking stick. "Uh!! What am I going to do!?" his sack was now 30 yards away. "That's it, I can't go on without food and I don't know my roots and berries to well. I need my sack!!"
With that, he dove into the stream and started swimming fast, aided by the current of the stream, towards his pack, dodging the odd rocks sticking out. He reached it and grabbed onto a near by rock to hold him there while he caught his breath. "Okay, now, I can either attempt to swim up stream against this current, or try to swim to the shore," he thought exhaustedly. Just then, a splash of water hit him in the face, forcing him to let go of the rock. He tried grabbing at something else and managed to grab onto another protruding rock.
"Okay, need to think of something fast." It was as another spray of water caught him in the face that he made up his mind. "I'm swimming to shore." "With that, he set out for shore, attempting to swim past the current. Unfortunately, it still managed to grab him and sweep him off a little further downstream before he managed to reach the shore.
He clambered out, soaking wet and exhausted. He rested a little longer before heading back along the bank upstream to where he had left his other things. It was a few hours before midday when he got there. He rested a little longer in order to let his clothes, both pairs, dry off. The lembas bread was soaked right through, but still edible as they did not crumble. His rope was unharmed and they same with his canteen. "Well, I'm glad that's over, Now to think of a way to cross this stream," he thought, quite upset.
It was then that he noticed that there were a few stones placed here and there in the river which were flat enough to stand on. "Hmmmm. If I jump correctly, I'll be able to land on those rocks and make it across. I just need to watch my step and hope that I don't fall in..." With that, he set off on his terrifying task. Every jump he made, he was afraid he had miscalclated. But his luck held out this time. He made it across with nothing but wet feet.
"Well, that was certainly enough adventure for one day. Now, let's get on with this adventure," he said aloud, always walking west towards his eventual goal.
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