Continued from Part 1…
We have a few favourite things we love to do at the beach, but I reckon number one would have to be fetching sticks from the surf!
When Luna was little, I could run a lot faster than her and always used to beat her to the stick, but nowadays it’s a bit different. She is just so damn determined! Not to mention competitive! I’m just not that kinda Dane. I like to take it easy, take my time and do a really thorough job of fetching the stick.
Dad has a really good stick here. The really good ones float (hey, some don’t!), they are nice and short (so we don’t run them down our throats, ouch) and they are preferably soft and flaky so that once we fetch them, we can satisfactorily munch on them for a while.
Dad starts walking towards the surf…
His arm goes back! Winding up for the throw!
Whoah this is gonna be a big one!!
YEAH! We are off!
The best bit is crashing through the surf to get to it! Sometimes the waves are just right and we JUMP over them on our way in, it makes Mum and Dad go – "oooooh" – so we like doing that.
As always though, Luna gets the stick. And shows off.
While I secretly stalk her…
Sometimes Mum and Dad take pity on me and make the throw especially for me! Just so I don’t feel left out. I haven’t the heart to tell them that I am perfectly capable of getting the stick before Luna whenever I want to, if I tried just a little bit harder.
So, I let them think they are doing me a favour. It is kind of nice to get special treatment while Luna has to sit and wait… in the water even!
Yay I get the stick!
Done with stick chasing, we move onto our next most favourite thing to do at the beach…
Can you guess what it will be?
by Charlotte Reeves
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