SAILOR GUTZLER WALKED NEARLY A MILE IN THE COLD AND SCARY FOREST. AFTER BEING IN A TERRIBLE PLANE CRASH WITH HER FAMILY, SHE WAS THE SOLE SURVIVOR. SHE WAS BLOODIED AND BAREFOOT BUT TRUDGED THROUGH THE NASTY WOODS TO A NEARBY HOUSE IN ORDER TO GET HELP. THAT BRAVE YOUNG GIRL COULD HAVE JUST WAITED FOR HELP AND POSSIBLY DIED BUT SHE TOOK MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS AND FOUND HELP FOR HERSELF, ALTHOUGH HER FAMILY WAS DEAD SHE PULLED THROUGH AND STAYED ALIVE. THIS RELATES TO THE POEM, THE ROAD NOT TAKEN, BECAUSE HE IS SHOWING THAT WHEN FACED WITH A DECISION, CHOOSE THE ONE THAT IS BEST FOR YOU, EVEN IF THERE ARE MANY OBSTACLES. THE 7-YEAR OLD GIRL MAY NOT HAVE A FAMILY, AND SHE MIGHT HAVE HAD TO WALK THROUGH THE WOODS ALONE, SCARED, BUT BECAUSE SHE HAD THE COURAGE TO FACE THOSE OBSTACLES AND STAY ALIVE, SHE WILL LIVE.