The Secret Beach

Esmeralda runs out of her house, arms flying behind her, glad to be free from homework. Up the
hill in her backyard, at the top, she comes to a stop. It's her secret place, a place no one else knew
about. If they did, she would never be alone up here again. The reason why is because this place, at
the top of her hill, was beautiful. A long, white beach went down maybe one hundred feet, or more,
boulders at either side of the beach blocking anyone from seeing the magic beyond. Following the
white sand comes a crystal clear ocean. The sun is warm and makes Esmeralda feel as though she
is glowing. After picking out some flat rocks, and laying them on another, bigger rock, she runs
down to the body of water, not bothering to take her shoes off because, well, she didn't have any on.
Splashing and jumping in the warm waters, she soon got bored of it. As always when this happened,
she ran to the beach again and quickly climbed to the top of the boulders. Most people would have
struggled, but after having years of practice you gain ability. After reaching the top, she takes a deep
breath looking overtop the ocean beyond her. The sun was sparkling as it slowly started to dip below
the surface. Esmeralda took a final look and jumped off into the ocean. After swimming for a minute
she thought she felt something cold on her leg. Not being one to spook easy, she waited a moment
and looked. It was a good thing she did too, for if she hadn't, the family of dolphins would not have
been discovered, playfully bumping and nudging her until the sun went down. Realizing the time,
Esmeralda says goodbye, jumps out of the ocean and runs to the rocks she laid out earlier. Pressing
them against her clothes the radiating off heat dried them. Afterward, she says goodbye to being
carefree and runs home down the hill to eat dinner.