Oh yes, this is going to be so ace! That is what was going through my mind when I saw my friends Tatsuhi Kobayashi and Renato Mendez talking peacefully in the shallow water. I decided to shark them. Sharking someone is when you put your fin above the water and swim beneath it, and it looks like a shark is coming to eat you. It never crossed my mind that Renato was a crazy shark-wrestler and enjoyed it very much. As I was sitting on my bed that night, I contemplated the events of the day.

I sharked them-Tatsuhi at least. He yelled and retreated back several steps. But Renato… he jumped on me and proceeded to wrestle me. I think that he noticed there was something extremely non-sharkish about me, he stood up and held me by my left foot above the water. My crest was dripping into my cold, grey eyes, leaving them uncovered-I squinted just enough so that my mates couldn't see my eyes, but I could see. Then he realized I was a penguin. By this time Tatsuhi had come back to his original place, chuckling softly. Until he realized that I was literally half-drowned. He frowned, then turned me right-side-up and slung me over his shoulder. I mumbled something that sounded like sorry. So did Renato. Then the lifeguard, Lani Alkali came over. I saw red. Then black. Then I think I fainted. I woke up an hour later and tried to remember what happened, why was I lying down, and how to see. I regained my sight and realized that three faces were hovering over me, all looking worried. Tatsuhi, Lani and Renato. Renato looked guilty. Right. The sharking-did I really faint? That's such an Eric thing to do. I attempted to stand up, but was stopped by Tatsuhi holding me down.
"Are you alright?," he asked. I grinned and quickly wriggled away. When I was standing, I said yeah, I was. They all looked skeptical. Lani confirmed I was. Fifteen minutes later, the three of us were standing in the water, and I told Renato and Tatsuhi I was sorry for attempting to shark them. Renato said he was sorry for almost drowning me. Tatsuhi told me I had learned an important lesson-not to shark shark-wrestlers.