Last Monday of Freshman year!!

Day 9

We wrote a story today. It was a short story based on a creature. This is my short story. Its called: Save the Turtle

She was swimming quietly in the ocean with her new friend, Bobby.

“Savanah can we get some rest now? I’m really tired” Bobby said, slowing down.

“We just have another ten miles and we’ll be done for the day!” Savanah said.

They were both migrating through the huge Pacific Ocean. Both of them had been together since they were younger. It had been five years since they were friends and now they were both ready to mate and lay eggs. During this time of the year, they usually start migrating. This was a very long journey. Both the turtles were tired, but Savanah, as usual was determined to complete the distance they had planned to finish in the day. She was a very organized and strong-minded. She always did what she wanted and was a very independent child.

They were both fast swimmers so their goal was to cover a minimum of about 30 miles per day. Then they would either rest on the shore or stay in the water. Today they had decided to go up the shore after they had reached their destination. An hour had passed and they were five miles away from their destination. It was a rainy night. The water was colder than usual and the sky was cloudy. The sound of the lightning echoed through the ocean leaving Bobby terrified. Bobby had always been scared of thunderstorms. The wind was also blowing really fast which made it harder for the two friends to swim as fast as they would normally do. As they neared the shore, there was a bunch of trash being sent their way because of the wind. Plastic bags, soda cans, paper, and something that looked like a broken glass bottle.

All this trash was not new territory for them. They were used to the pollution by all the humans by now. They both knew how to get through it. Bobby was a little slower than usual. Savanah was struggling to get through the objects coming toward her with the water. The wind was stronger than what they had experienced before. It was very hard to get through all the cans and just as Savanah was about to reach the shore, she felt something piercing through her right foot. She couldn’t move for a whole minute. She was in agonizing pain.

At first, she thought her foot was stuck in a plant or maybe a creature was trying to eat her, but when she looked back she found something worse.

“A soda can?!” she exclaimed, “How am I supposed to get myself out of this now?” she sighed.

She tried and tried, nothing but blood came out of the can. She was afraid she wouldn’t be able to get out of this. She knew that a bunch of her close friends and family who had lost their limbs to the mistakes the humans.

As determined as she was to get herself out of this situation, the loss of blood made her weak and tired. She tried to call Bobby for help but she was nowhere to be seen either. She wiggled her leg as hard as she could. After a moment of silence, something or someone pulled the can out of her leg. It was Bobby! Just like any other time, Bobby was always there for Savanah when she needed help. After all, a friend in need is a friend in deed!