The Ocean, By Penelope

I am at the ocean. I hear the big waves crashing onto the sand. Birds are surrounding me as I go into the water. I smell the coconuts and hear them cracking as they fall down from the palm trees. I can taste the salty water as I swim. I can feel the cold water going up my back. I go under water and see millions of fish. It looks amazing! Angel fish, clown fish, star fish….I even see dolphins right now! Everything is so colorful and beautiful under here! I see coral, seashells, seaweed, and a big conch shell.

I keep swimming and swimming until I think I hear a shark. I get really scared. I wanted to swim away, but I was too scared that the shark would hear me. So, I held still and did not make a sound. It glanced at me and swam away. I was relieved! Then, I swam back where all of the fish were. I stopped thinking about the shark, so that my heart would stop pounding in my chest.

I explore everywhere. I can’t stop thinking about how beautiful it looks under here. Here come the sea turtles! They come up to me and swim around me. One of them has a baby on their back. It is very cute! They make me come to where they live and it’s really cool too! There are millions of sea turtles now. The sea turtles show me all of the sea. It was really fun. All of a sudden, a big wave comes and I hear a big crash. It almost blew out my eardrum. It was really loud!

Now, I’m looking all over the ocean. Out of nowhere, come two dolphins. We swim up and down the water. When I go to the top of the water, I see the beautiful sunset. When I come back down, I see the colorful sea.

Now, it’s time to go back home and say good-bye to the dolphins.