Sweet Escape

He loosened my bands enough so that I could reach the telephone cord, with which I could strangle myself.  I was about to do so, when I realized that this was not my only choice.  I decided to try the door to my cell.  It was unlocked!  I opened it, and went out.  There were guards, and a fence, and a wall, but the nearest guards had come to get me out, and were friends in disguise.  They led me through a gate, and into the forest.  We ran down a wide path, and through many empty towns.  We finally got to a river, with a ferry.  We knew we had made it, because it was the only ferry for miles, and the ones chasing us would have to wait for it to come back.  As we left the shore, the heavy burden of fear and uncertainty lifted off my shoulders.