Snorkeling

This was awesome thought Mary as she peered deeper into the rock pool.

Lots of shells stuck to the side of the rocks, lots of wee broken bits of tiny shells mixed with sand and even a few baby fish.  

Well they might not be baby fish they could be fully grown but they were super small.

“Mary” hollered Dad, “lets try this” as he held up some weird plastic tools.

“What’s this?” asked Mary as she got closer.

“Well that’s your goggles so you can see, and this wonky thing will be your air so you can breathe,” advised dad with his half on.

Mary sat still as dad fumbled with the goggles and the placement of the wonky tube but soon enough they were both all set for this new adventure.

“Now don’t go too far out or too deep but we should be able to see plenty,” dad advised just before he swam away with his head under the water.

Oh right, thought Mary, I’ll try.

Mary took a few big breaths and dunked her head under the water as she began to swim.

It took a few seconds to focus but there they were. 

Loads of them right by the shore.

OH my goodness so, so many fish.  

From tiny little tiddlers right up to big ones dad would like for dinner, all swimming around getting on with their day.  

They all looked so busy dashing from here to there. 

  

Mary spotted some crabs, an eel stuck in the seaweed, some beautiful colorful goldfish just like the one’s you pick up from the pet shop.

My goodness thought Mary as she gazed round at all the wonder, this is like a whole new world.

And just like that Mary lost her rhythm of gently swimming and breathing and got a mouthful of sea water instead.

“Blugh, urgh, yuck”

Dad came straight over, luckily Mary was in a nice shallow bit but dad still panicked a bit.

“What’s up? Are you OK? Did something bite you? Dad asked in quick succession. 

“I’m fine just forgot to breathe through my nose and got a mouthful of sea water, it tastes really bad, even worse than medicine!” declared Mary with a scrunched up face.

“Oh no, not nice, you wanna keep snorkeling or call it a day?”

“Well the fishes are pretty but my legs are getting tired and I really don’t wanna try anymore sea.”

“Yea, its not the best, you sure your alright?”

Mary confirmed with a nod. 

“How about we try some people juice and maybe some people food too?”

“Yea that sounds much better,” agreed Mary, and hoped it would take the salty taste out of her mouth too.

©joannehepburn   09/10/2016