Monday, October 18, 2010

My Adventure

I dug my way out of the dirt. There was high tide last night and every mudskipper in this area got buried under the deep dirt. I had spent the whole night digging my way out. I saw my brother whining about how tired he was. I rolled my eyes. Only a few mudskippers were out of the dirt.
"Stay close to the trees today, if you need to go anywhere, ask me." My mom yelled. I jumped to the family tree, everyone else already there. All the mudskippers fell asleep and I was still awake. So was my mom. We were staying awake, rescuing the other mudskippers. People say I'm a skilled mud diver. Even the guys deny but they're asleep. They call themselves strong. I saw a big group of humans. I stared at them. My mom was diving in to the mud to help my sister. I saw squirming in the mud and thought about it. Save the squirming mudskipper or don't get squished by humans. I jumped in anyways. I always leave a tunnel when I dive in, easier to get out. I was pushed suddenly deeper, my tunnel closed. Humans have huge feet, that's all I have to say. I saw the baby mudskipper and started to push it up. After a while, the baby got stronger and pushed itself up to the top. I emerged at the top with the baby. We were punneled back at least 1 foot down. I pushed the mud out of my way and got back to the top. The baby emerged and I took it in to my arm. We were a long way from the family tree. Humans were going 2 humans each time. They were planting trees. It was interesting, my grandfather always told me stories about humans planting trees, that are the big ones I see today. But than, grandfather got stepped on a human and he's in a better place. That's what mom says.
"How are we going to get back?" the baby asked me.
"Well, first, what's your name?" I asked.
"Amo." the baby answered. Probably didn't know its own name correctly.
"My name's Green, I'll be helping you get back." I explained.
'Amo' nodded his head happily.

Ok, it's been an hour and we keep on getting shoved under the dirt. The humans are slopping dirt everywhere. Only a while ago, a bunch of boys got stuck in the mud. I saw one, they called him "Gerald." He was slopping the mud around in his hands, he was playing with it. One of his slops landed on my mom and I had to dig her out quickly before I got slopped also. I was still way on the other side of the family tree. One whole side away and meters away from across the tree. Amo looked up at me.
"This is fun." Amo giggled. I looked at him as if he was crazy. I nodded my head from side to side.
"I guess it is fun. I mean, it's not that bad." I muttered back. The group of humans got smaller and smaller. Eventually, there were only 4 left. They were huge but not as big as that big man next to them. Two girls, they were called I think, Li Yen and Valerie. I had heard the third girl talking to them. Their voices are loud, as if someone was screaming in my ear. Li Yen and Valerie ran like mad. Amo and I were around in the middle of the dirt. They ran past us and Amo sighed happily. I saw them slop some mud as they ran back past us. I quickly shoved the dirt off Amo. I went to go look at the trees up close. Amo was next to me and I smiled. The tree would grow up larger and future generations would see it. The third girl, I think named Nabeeta? Daabeeta? Her name sounds confusing, but she ran quickly over to plant the tree. The man probably wanted to get it over with, because he did most of the work. Dabeeta's foot closed on to us and I held Amo tightly. I held also on to Daabeeta's shoe. She lifted her foot up and kicked off the mud. Amo and I went flying in the air. We landed at the family tree. I smiled happily as my whole family stared at us. They all broke in to applause.
"Let's do it again." Amo shrieked.
"Tomorrow. Just maybe, we can do it again tomorrow." I muttered.

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