A Day At The Beach
I run down the boardwalk, not worrying about getting splinters in my
tender feet. Every ten or fifteen feet I stop, sometimes to smell the salty
sea air, but mostly to wait for my parents who plod along behind carrying
chairs, coolers, and other beach paraphernalia. I yell back to them to hurry,
and they reply that I can run ahead and find a good spot. I yelp with glee and
run as fast as my little legs will carry me. I stop where the dark, brown of
the boardwalk meets the light, white of the beach. My dad warned me about how
hot the sand can get. I cautiously take a step forward testing the sand, OUCH,
he was right. What am I gonna do now, in my six year old eyes the water seems
to ...
Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers
|
I continue to run until I reach the
water's edge where the waves crash upon the beach, making the white sand brown
and hard. I sit down on the sand, panting after my enormous effort. Something
troubling pulls at the edge of my mind, but I ignore it. A wave rolls up to
the beach, crashing around me, wetting me hot body. I dig my body into the
moistened ground, covering my legs and arms with the cool, wet sand. I hear my
mom calling to me to come up to the umbrella. I turn back to look at her, as I
do so the little thing at the edge of my mind suddenly dawns on me. I made it
out to the water, now I must make my way back. ...
Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.
Already a member? Login
|
CITE THIS PAGE:
A Day At The Beach. (2007, April 25). Retrieved March 26, 2025, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/A-Day-At-The-Beach/63897
"A Day At The Beach." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 25 Apr. 2007. Web. 26 Mar. 2025. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/A-Day-At-The-Beach/63897>
"A Day At The Beach." Essayworld.com. April 25, 2007. Accessed March 26, 2025. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/A-Day-At-The-Beach/63897.
"A Day At The Beach." Essayworld.com. April 25, 2007. Accessed March 26, 2025. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/A-Day-At-The-Beach/63897.
|
Save
Report