I am in the mess hall eating pancakes topped with strawberries. It is very sweet. Angie comes up.
"Okay, girls, beach day!" She announces. We all cheer. "Go to your dorms and change into your swimsuits.". Esmerelda and I go to our dorm.
Esmerelda and I arrive in our dorm.
"You change in here and I change in the bathroom?" She questions.
"Yes," I reply. I go over to my suitcase. I pull out a pink bikini. I change. I put my clothes in my suitcase. I turn around. Esmerelda is in a purple bikini.
"Ready?".
"Ready!". We walk out.
We go to the beach. There is a white ice cream cart with pink, brown, light brown, and light green squares.
"Okay, a few rules. First: don't run into the ocean if you can not swim. Second: don't push your friends who can not swim into the ocean. Got it?" Angie announces. We nod.
"Want ice cream?". We all nod. I go up to the cart. Angie stands behind it. "What do you want, missy?". I have a strawberry ice cream cone. I visualize.
"Strawberry," I reply. She picks an ice cream cone from the side and a metal ice cream scoop and scoops pink ice cream in the cone. "Thank you!".
"You're welcome,". I walk away. I eat.
Esmerelda goes up to the cart.
"What do you want, missy?".
"Chocolate," Esmerelda replies. Angie picks an ice cream cone from the side and a metal ice cream scoop and scoops brown ice cream in the cone. "Thank you!".
"You're welcome,". She walks away.
Kida goes up to the cart.
"What do you want, missy?".
"Blueberry," Kida replies. Angie picks an ice cream cone from the side and a metal ice cream scoop and scoops blue ice cream in the cone. "Thank you!".
Mirabelle goes up to the cart.
"What do you want, missy?".
"Cookie dough," Mirabelle replies. Angie picks an ice cream cone from the side and a metal ice cream scoop and scoops light brown ice cream in the cone. "Thank you!".
Mei Mei goes up to the cart.
"What do you want, missy?".
"Cookie dough," Mei Mei replies. Angie picks an ice cream cone from the side and a metal ice cream scoop and scoops light brown ice cream in the cone. "Thank you!".
"Do you want to build a sandcastle?" Esmerelda asks me.
"Sure." I reply. I grab a gray pail, go over to the ocean, scoop up some water, went back to Esmerelda, and pour the pail out in front of Esmerelda. I build a brick out of the sand. Esmerelda builds pillars on top of the brick. I build tiny bricks around the top of the pillars. Esmerelda builds cones on top of the pillars.
I walk away from our sandcastle. I find a pink shell. I pick it up. I find a purple shell. I pick it up. I find a teal shell. I pick it up. I find a yellow shell. I pick it up. I found an orange shell. I pick it up. I find a teal shell. I pick it up.
I come back to the sandcastle about the same time as Esmerelda with seaweed. She puts the seaweed around the top of the rectangle. I put the pink shell on top of the first pillar. I put the purple shell on top of the second pillar. I put the teal shell on top of the third pillar. I put the yellow shell on top of the fourth pillar. I put the orange shell on top of the middle pillar. Esmerelda puts a piece of brown bark on the front of the sandcastle. I put the teal shell above the bark. I grabs a brown stick and carve a river from the ocean to the sandcastle. I carve a circle around the sandcastle.
I go to a tide pool down by the ocean. I see a pink starfish. I pet it. Its skin felt rough on my hand. I see a purple sea anemone. I see a pink sea urchin. I lightly pet it. I see some white barnacles. I pet it. Their skin feels rough on my hand. I see a red hermit crab with a pink shell. I pet the shell.
I dive in the ocean. I see a massive blue whale shark with white speckles swimming by. I swim over to it. I pet it. It is smooth. I see a blue manta ray swimming by. I swim over to it. I pet it. It was smooth. I see a gray manatee swimming by. I swim over to it. I pet it. It is smooth. I see a green sea turtle swimming by. I swim over to it. I pet its shell. It is rough. I see a yellow octopus with brown spots on it on the ocean floor. I swim down to it. I pet it. It is smooth. I see tons of blue, red, yellow, silver, green, and orange fish swim around me. I see a red lobster. I see a giant pink clam open to reveal a white pearl. I swim down and grab the pearl. I hear something swim behind me. I turn around to see a gray shark with a very long top tail fin. It eats me. I visualize. I wave to the shark.
I turn around to see a dolphin without a tail. The dolphin's tail falls off. I visualize. I swim ashore.
I run to Angie.
"Angie, there was a dolphin without a tail." I tell her.
"Ahh, yes, that's Winter. She got her tail in a crab trap and it fell off. She's okay." She replies. I nod. I run back in the ocean. I swim to Winter. I hug her.