scams it ’ s overpriced , not underpriced .” “ Hey sis ? Want to take a quick stop at the beach ? Maybe just for a little ?” “ Sounds good to me ,” she said . “ Can we bury each other , like we used to when we were kids ? There ’ s no one you know here who could see you .” “ Let ’ s just go swimming instead , I ’ m too old for that .” As soon as we got in the water my sister dived under . I looked around . Then she jumped up and tackled me into the water . We wrestled under the water for a while . We can hold our breath for a very long time because we took swim classes . Suddenly , my sister looked up and stood up in the water . I stood up too . “ I thought I heard something ,” she said . Suddenly the lifeguard screamed , “ Shark ! Shark ! Shark ! Everyone out of the water immediately !” We flung ourselves out of the water in a panic . We lay on the sand , gasping for breath . “ Are you up for building a sand castle ?” I asked . “ Or are you ‘ too old ’ for that also ?” “ Okay , we can build a sand castle . Just give me a second , that shark kind of scared me .” “ I ’ ll start by myself ,” I said . But when I turned my head , I saw a tail sticking out from under a rock . “ Do you see that ?” I asked . “ Yeah ,” said my sister . “ I ’ m going to go check it out ,” I said . “ Wait for me to put my sunscreen on , and I ’ ll be right with you .” We tiptoed over to the rock . We carefully rolled the rock away . Underneath it , there was a lovely green mermaid with a beautiful polished blue tail covered in scales , and with a couple of sea urchins stuck on it . She had a pearl necklace around her neck . Typically , as you would think , she was wearing a bikini top made out of seashells . I wish I could say that was not the case , but that is exactly what it was . She had black hair that reached all the way down her back . “ What ’ s your name ?” my sister asked . “ Grusilla ,” the mermaid answered . “ At first I was asleep . Next thing I knew , a big wave washed me onto shore . In my attempt to get back in the water , I called a seagull for help . It tried to help me , but accidentally landed on the rock . The rock moved a little , but not too much , but it wasn ’ t helping .
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