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the bad snorkel

November 3, 2022
By pogdog BRONZE, Cupertino, California
pogdog BRONZE, Cupertino, California
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The boy had just come back from camp,the little brother was excited. But soon noticed a scar on the boys wrist,

What's that scar on your wrist?, the little brother said

The boy, being exhausted from a 6 hour ride, got up to fill some juice, and sat down in his comfy bed and started.


The group was climbing rocks, they were so excited for snorkeling. One boy was barefoot, but quick, he leaped from rock to rock without fearing anything. As he mantled the ledge his finger slipped and he had a cut,

That's gonna sting, the boy said

They group keeps going, until they finally reach a cove. The cove was beautiful, it was surrounded by huge rocks and in almost a perfect circular shape.

The water is going to be cold, the boy said.

But with excitement, he ran into the water and felt nothing at all, he was not cold, he did not feel a sting. The boy glided deeper into the everlasting ocean. There were no fish, only the dark environment of the kelp. They were like the emergent layer but in the ocean. When the boy was not expecting, a current pushed him and the nasty salt water choked him.

What was that, the boy said, are there waves? 

There were no waves at all, in fact the water was rather flat. Then the water pushed the boy forward, like a big push. More water entered the boy’s snorkel,

I need to get out, the boy said.

The boy kicked hard and tried to get back, but the current pushed him back, then forward, then back. The boy was stuck. As he got closer, the current was only worse. He was so close, until a current threw him onto a rock, which hit his back. The boy struggled, paddled to shore and toppled, and the ocean dragged him back, causing him to hit another rock with his whole body. He was close to a boulder and managed to grab hold of it. As the current swept by, the boy, on a singular hand was tightly grabbing onto the rock. The boy’s body tilted to a superman position and he was flying! The boy, being terrified as anyone else, was rattled from that and precisely managed to get out, it was slow and painful, the boy got hit a little more but finally got out. He noticed something burning and looked at his wrist, he saw blood dripping down ,and his back was aching.

That stings a lot, the boy in pain said. What he was so excited for resulted in great pain.


That was pretty boring, the boy said getting up from his bed. He was ready to go eat some lunch

I was listing, the little brother said

Of course you were, the boy said. He was inferring that his brother was interested about hearing the bad parts of his trip.


The author's comments:

True story, but fictionalized a little bit. On Catalina island.


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