So I unrealed my last line of the string and for the last five minutes no fish latched on. Then suddenly I felt a tug then a bigger tug then splash a fish came flying up! I yelled, ’’Finally.’’ What do you want to do with it? Can we give it to a seafood restaurant? Great idea. So me and my dad got some treats on the way back home. I said, ’’I love going fishing with you dad.’’ He said,’’I love going fishing with you too.’’ Trapped By Hattie P., Grade 3 “Ack!” I screamed water spraying my face so hard it felt like concrete. Wind whistled by whipping my sopping hair around my ecstatic face. Bam! The tube slammed down onto the distorted water so hard we were flung around like popcorn in a microwave. I slammed into my brother and we both nearly flung off in the split second that our hands were of the handels. “Ahhh!” We shouted our voices lost in the rushing wind. I noticed no matter how loud we screamed no one could hear us over the water rushing by. We were alone. The thought alone of the parents not noticing if we sank made me uneasy. The boat looked so far off I thought worriedly. No, I'm just being paranoid. I've got to relax, I told myself squaring my shoulders clenching my jaw. I forced myself to smile and laugh with my cousins. Just then the tube slowed just enough for us to see and talk without biting our tongues off. “This is so fun!” I exclaimed, hoping it didn’t sound as forced as I felt, shifting out from being jammed in the tube side. I let my shoulders relax and smiled. I've got to stop worrying about this, I thought. We're going to be fine. I didn’t think of it again as I sat back into the tube and enjoyed the ride. “This is so fun!” I exclaimed, hoping it didn’t sound as forced as I felt, shifting out from being jammed in the tube side. I let my shoulders relax and smiled. I've got to stop worrying about this, I thought. We're going to be fine. I didn’t think of it again as I sat back into the tube and enjoyed the ride. “Let’s do it again!” My brother declared. I shifted my weight again and suddenly the tube lurched forward so fast we couldn’t even scream. I jolted upright shock pulsing through my veins. My eyes grew as wide as quarters and my heart beat faster than the waves rushing by. We were going so fast I couldn’t keep my eyes open to the wind. My eyes watered from the wind rushing by and my hair whipped my neck so hard it felt like bee stings. Suddenly the tube jolted to a stop so fast we were thrown up into the air. I tumbled to a stop at the edge of the tube with my legs in the water. The water flew by holding my legs in the water like a cast. My legs were forced backwards and my eyes watered with pain. I thought I was going to slide right off the tube right into the water! Then the tube dipped and shook like it was trying to shake us off. I clutched the handles so hard my knuckles went white but they were the only thing keeping me from sliding right off the tube. “Arrgh!” I cried water rising rapidly past my chest. The tube dipped down like a million ton boulder was strapped to it and my legs were still pinned in place just trying to move them against the current felt like my legs were breaking down bit by bit. My cousins yanked me up and out of the waves. But it was too late the water was over our mouths! I wondered if the water would engulf us
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