Glimpses of Magic
Hanako McDonald Age 12
The Three Shark Ladies There were three ladies going to the beach. The two girls dressed in yellow are sisters, Lia and Lena. The girl dressed in red is their friend Lyla. “What a nice day to go to the beach,” said Lyla. “I wonder why there is no one here,” said Lia. “Maybe we are earlier than everyone,” said Lena. “Oh well, let’s start water skiing!” said Lyla. They walked toward the bank of the ocean. There was a sign. “Caution. Shark disease may be in the ocean,” entitled the sign. “What even is that?! A joke?” laughed Lyla. “I wonder what this means,” said Lena. “I don’t know, but let’s hurry up and start water skiing!” yelled Lyla. They all raced to the ocean and got onto their surfboards. A boat man started the engine of the boat. They gripped onto the handle connected to the boat. The boat started running. “Woo hoo!” yelled the girls. They were screaming and laughing. Soon, they heard screaming from the shore. They looked around to see who was screaming. There were twenty-six people at the beach. They were panicking and running away from the girls. The boat man was panicking. He was screaming and driving back to the shore. “Why is the boat man screaming his head off too?!” said Lia. When the boat man got to the shore, he said, “Y-your f-ff faces?!” “Our faces?” said Lena. “ What’s wrong with our faces?” she said. People ran away when the girls came walking down the shore. “Let’s go home now,” said Lena, “Things are getting weird here.” They walked to the bus station. When they got onto the bus, everybody stopped talking. Some people started laughing at the girls. Other people were whispering to each other very silently. Some people screamed when they got onto the bus. Others did not even go on the bus. Some people thought it was funny and started to take photos of the girls. “What is wrong with these people?!” said Lia very desperately. When they got off the bus, they walked home. People who were walking on the street
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