How to Stay Alive in the Woods I am a boy. I am 7 years old. They call me T. I live in the city. I am in 2nd grade. I like my school. I like my friends. We sing and dance and play viola. Sometimes we talk about the once upon a time when there were woods. I hear people talk about the Apocalypse. It happened when I was small. I like to camp out in safe places and read books. Right now I'm reading How to Stay Alive in the Woods. One day I hope to camp out in real woods. Every night before I go to sleep I pray that there are still woods and one day I'll camp out there. And Mama will go with me. Poem by Ron Whitehead