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LITTLE GREEN OCTOPUS

 

 

 

ANGELA SCREAMED, “LOOK OUT SUSAN THERE’S A GREEN OCTOPUS” AS SHE CAME SPLASHING OUT OF THE WATER OF THE GULF OF MEXICO.

 

INSTEAD OF RUNNING, SUSAN WADED OVER TO WHERE ANGELA HAD BEEN AND WAS STARING DOWN INTO THE KNEE DEEP WATER HOPING TO FIND THE OCTOPUS.

 

“WHERE IS IT, ANGELA?”  SUSAN SHOUTED, “I CAN’T FIND IT.”

 

JOHNNIE VERY CAUTIOUSLY WADED OVER TO SUSAN AND TOOK HER BY THE ARM AND SAID,

 

“COME ON SUSAN WE HAVE TO GO FIND A HOTEL.”

 

“BUT I DON’T WANT TO GO, I WANT TO SEE THE OCTOPUS” SUSAN CRIED.

 

A LONG TIME AGO I TOOK MY WIFE, JOHNNIE AND OUR TWO DAUGHTERS, SUSAN AND ANGELA TO GALVESTON TO SEE THE OCEAN.  THIS WOULD BE THE FIRST TIME ANY OF THEM HAD SEEN THE OCEAN.

 

WHEN WE GOT TO THE ISLAND I DROVE UP ON THE SEA WALL SO THEY COULD GET A LOOK AT THE WATER.  THE FIRST RAMP I CAME TO THAT LET YOU DRIVE DOWN TO THE BEACH, I WENT DOWN AND STOPPED AT THE EDGE OF THE WATER.  JUST AS SOON AS I GOT STOPPED ALL THREE OF THEM JUMPED OUT OF THE CAR, KICKED OFF THEIR SHOES AND RAN FOR THE WATER.

 

THEY WADED OUT TO KNEE DEEP AND WERE SPLASHING AROUND HAVING A GOOD TIME.  THE BOTTOM WAS SANDY, THE WATER WAS CLEAR AND THE WAVES WERE SMALL.  I WAS SITTING ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR WATCHING THEIR REACTIONS TO THE WATER WHEN ANGELA CAME CHARGING OUT OF THE WATER SHOUTING SHE HAD SEEN A GREEN OCTOPUS.  WELL THAT STOPPED THE WADING IN THE OCEAN FOR THE TIME BEING.

 

WE DROVE BACK UP ON THE SEA WALL AND STARTED LOOKING FOR A HOTEL.  WE WANTED TO STAY IN ONE ON THE SEA WALL SO WE COULD SEE THE OCEAN FROM OUR ROOM. 

 

AFTER DRIVING UP AND DOWN THE SEA WALL BOULEVARD A COUPLE OF TIMES WE FOUND WHAT WE WANTED.  HOTEL GALVEZ WAS JUST ACROSS THE BOULEVARD FROM THE WATER.  WE GOT A SECOND FLOOR ROOM WITH A BALCONY OVER LOOKING THE OCEAN.  IT HAD TWO DOUBLE BEDS AND A SMALL KITCHENETTE. IT WAS PERFECT FOR US.  WE COULD EAT BREAKFAST AND LUNCH IN OUR ROOM AND SAVE A LITTLE MONEY.

 

THE NEXT MORNING, AFTER BREAKFAST, WE WENT WALKING ALONG THE SEA WALL TO VISIT ALL THE LITTLE SHOPS THAT SELL SOUVENIRS AND SEA SHELLS.  OF COURSE JOHNNIE AND BOTH GIRLS HAD TO HAVE A SOUVENIR.  WE ATE LUNCH AT A LITTLE CORNER CAFÉ ACROSS FROM THE HOTEL.  THEN WE DROVE TO A GROCERY STORE AND BOUGHT MILK AND CEREAL SO WE COULD EAT BREAKFAST IN OUR ROOM THE REST OF THE WEEK.

 

WE WENT BACK TO THE BEACH EACH AFTERNOON TO PLAY IN THE WATER BUT ANGELA WOULDN’T GO BACK IN.  SHE SAT ON THE SAND AND BUILT SAND CASTLES.  SUSAN SPENT A LOT OF TIME STARING INTO THE WATER LOOKING FOR THAT OCTOPUS AND EVEN JOHNNIE DIDN’T WANT TO GO OUT OVER WAIST DEEP.  WE FINALLY DECIDED WHAT ANGELA SAW WAS A PIECE OF GREEN SEA WEED.  BUT WE COULDN’T CONVINCE HER OF THAT.

 

ONE AFTERNOON IT STARTED RAINING WHILE WE WERE STILL IN OUR ROOM EATING LUNCH.  WE OPENED THE BIG DOUBLE DOORS THAT LED OUT ON THE BALCONY AND WERE WATCHING THE RAIN.  AS WE STOOD THERE WE SAW THREE WATER SPOUTS OUT IN THE GULF CHASING EACH OTHER.  THAT IS A SIGHT I WILL NEVER FORGET.

 

JOHNNIE AND I WERE SITTING OUT ON THE BALCONY AND SUSAN AND ANGELA WERE BOUNCING UP AND DOWN ON THEIR BED.  ALL OF A SUDDEN, SUSAN LET OUT A YELL AND STARTED CRYING.  JOHNNIE JUMPED UP AND RAN BACK INSIDE AND ASKED SUSAN WHAT WAS THE MATTER?

 

“ANGELA KICKED MY TOOTH OUT” SHE CRIED.

 

WELL THE TOOTH FAIRY HAD TO MAKE A VISIT THAT NIGHT.

 

WE DID SPLURGE ONE NIGHT AND EAT AT HILLS SEA FOOD RESTAURANT.  BUT THAT’S A WHOLE NOTHER STORY FOR A DIFFERENT TIME.

 

  BY LOREN MOORE

COPYRIGHT 2003

LOREN

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