Splash!        by Ellie

The sound of falling water.  You feel its spray preying on you from behind.  The air gets so humid that it seems you are in a cloud.  You feet pushing off the rock and climbing you higher and higher into the sky.  The harness you’re harnessed into pulls you up and up as you climb higher and higher, hand over hand, foot over foot as they take you up the mountainside.  The mist lightens as you get closer to the pine brimmed peak.  Finally you feel a hand reach down and grab your harness to lift you to the summit.  Okay, now for the journey d

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Phew! I’m glad I brought that parachute.  Now, where to land... No! Not the waterfall!  Oh I wish I would have listened to steering lessons!

              Splash!