{"id":34759,"date":"2021-04-07T22:16:53","date_gmt":"2021-04-07T22:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jaimirahulkrutipatel.com\/blogs\/?p=34759"},"modified":"2021-04-09T22:17:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T22:17:57","slug":"splashy-story-written-by-kruti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jaimirahulkrutipatel.com\/blogs\/?p=34759","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Splashy!&#8221; Story Written by Kruti!!!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\">Splashy!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Splash!&#8221; I jump into the Caribbean. OMG! I&#8217;m actually in the Caribbean! I&#8217;ve been waiting for this moment my whole life! &#8220;Ah!&#8221; I relax, but I get filled with anxiety when I hear a bunch of voices in the sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">I don&#8217;t say anything. Why? I don&#8217;t have to say something, that&#8217;s why! Also, what would I say, &#8220;Hello! I&#8217;m a human being from land! What are you, a monster?&#8221; Suddenly, I see a mermaid, swishing her shiny tail. &#8220;Hi, can you teach me how- &#8220;Are you&#8230;a human?&#8221; she asks, holding up a swiss army knife. &#8220;How in the world did you get that knife?&#8221; I question, half-laughing. Bubbles seep out of my mask and around us. The mermaid drops her knife. &#8220;It&#8217;s nothing. I found it on the sea floor,&#8221; she says, flushing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Look, I can&#8217;t let you go to&#8230;back to the human world! And, by the way, sorry for my bad grammar,&#8221; the mermaid cries. I say, &#8220;Why not?&#8221; &#8220;Because,&#8221; she replies, &#8220;If I let you back go back to the surface, we be discover!&#8221; &#8220;Sorry to correct your grammar, but it is supposed to be we would be discovered, not we be discover,&#8221; I say politely. Then I ask, &#8220;What do ya mean, &#8216;we&#8217;???? It&#8217;s just you and me here!&#8221; I look at her nervous face. &#8220;Right?&#8221; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Oh, and here comes Ms. Sarcasm! &#8220;Uh, of course not!!!&#8221; she shouts sarcastically. &#8220;Other mermaids are down there, at the bottom of the Caribbean, which is where we are!&#8221; My mind suddenly chills. &#8220;Other mermaids?&#8221; I whisper. &#8220;Is this a joke?&#8221; &#8220;Of course not, and there\u00a0are\u00a0<em>definitely\u00a0<\/em>other mermaids. I&#8217;m not the only one. Did you really think that?&#8221; &#8220;No,&#8221; I fib. Of course I did! But who was she to tell me?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Look, just do me a favor, and I&#8217;ll let you go back to your home!&#8221; the mermaid says. &#8220;&#8216;Kay. What do I need to do?&#8221; I ask, and she replies, &#8220;First of all, my names Sparkles. Second, you can call me Sparky. And third, you need to look for a shiny gem. A diamond, to be exact.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;But why me?&#8221; I question. Why does she need this stuff? &#8220;Did you literally forget&#8230;my name?&#8221; Sparkles asks. &#8220;Sorry, Sparky. I didn&#8217;t mean to offend you,&#8221; I apologize.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Anyways,&#8221; she says, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been brewing a potion. There&#8217;s a legend. Long ago, and I mean hundreds of years ago, the humans and mermaids lived together as one. We weren&#8217;t separate. One day, though, humans started building structures on our territory. We fought, and that&#8217;s how we divided. But,&#8221; she pauses. I hear Sparky whisper, &#8220;There&#8217;s a reunion potion according to merfolk legends. When the Blue Diamond, Red Sapphire, Green Seaweed, and the Purple Amethyst are combined together in a cauldron with enchanted water from the sea Gods and Goddesses, we can be united again!&#8221; She looks at me. &#8220;I&#8217;ve found all of the ingredients needed, except for the Blue Diamond. I thought you could find it. With me!&#8221; &#8220;This will be a cinch, right?&#8221; I ask.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Who said adventures were a piece of cake?&#8221; Sparkles answers. &#8220;It won&#8217;t be easy. Plus, even I haven&#8217;t found it, and I win EVERY Easter Egg hunt! No one else has found the Blue Diamond. But.&#8221; &#8220;But?&#8221; I urge. &#8220;But,&#8221; she answers. &#8220;I can feel it calling for you. So, I chose you to help me find it.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We search all the reefs once I say, &#8220;I&#8217;m in!&#8221; The coral is very colorful, and the seaweed tickles my toes as we swim along together. Finally, we give in. Well, Sparkles does. &#8220;Hope isn&#8217;t lost!&#8221; I scream. &#8220;We can still find it!&#8221; Sparkle isn&#8217;t looking at me, but at my necklace. &#8220;That&#8217;s it!&#8221; she suddenly exclaims. &#8220;What, this?&#8221; I point to my blue diamond-oh! &#8220;Yes, this is it!&#8221; I cry. Yes! &#8220;Come, we don&#8217;t have much time!&#8221; Sparky rushes. &#8220;Wait, there&#8217;s a timer?&#8221; I ask. &#8220;Of course! Now, hurry!&#8221; Sparky and I rush to swim to where she is brewing the potion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8230;&#8230;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">&#8220;Put the gem in,&#8221; Sparky commands softly. I plop the diamond in, removing it from my necklace. Suddenly, the whole sea glows, and the human world slowly descends to the sea!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0A bunch of mermaids and people rush out of their homes, murmuring, &#8220;What&#8217;s going on? Why are we here?&#8221; &#8220;Wow,&#8221; I whisper. I see the President, Joe Biden, greeting the Mermaid President, who looks like Jackie Harpinson, my sister. They&#8217;re talking, and when they finish their chattering, they shout in unison, &#8220;Well, whoever brought the mermaids and people back together, they&#8217;re anonymous. Anyways, we are now united together again!&#8221; I shout, &#8220;Yay!&#8221; I now have a best friend. Guess who it is. That&#8217;s right: Sparky!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\">The End!<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Written by Kruti Patel<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Splashy! &#8220;Splash!&#8221; I jump into the Caribbean. OMG! I&#8217;m actually in the Caribbean! I&#8217;ve been waiting for this moment my whole life! &#8220;Ah!&#8221; I relax, but I get filled with anxiety when I hear a bunch of voices in the sea. I don&#8217;t say anything. Why? I don&#8217;t have to say something, that&#8217;s why! 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