Short Stories

Dolphins at Dawn

Have you ever seen a dolphin jump during a sunset or sunrise? Well, this story is about a girl and a dolphin, shall we begin?
        Once, there was a girl named Diana. Diana loved dolphins, she loved to watch the dolphins jump. Well, one day Diana wakes up and decides that she would like to live in Hawaii. The next couple of months, Diana spends her time finding a place to live, boxing her things, and preparing for a new job. When Diana got to Hawaii, everyone was so nice! She already felt like this was home. Diana found her new house and started to settle in. Then, she realized, it was almost sunset! She got dressed and hurried outside, she ran all the way down to the beach. She found a surfing hut that sold boards, she bought a board and started paddling out! Then, when she was about 15 yards out, she saw 5 dolphins jump, it was like they were jumping over the sun. She paddled back to land. She took the board inside and got ready for bed. The next day, Diana went back out to watch the dolphins at sunset, this time a dolphin came up to her. She gently held out her hand, and the dolphin backed away, then after a little bit, the dolphin realized it was safe. Diana did this for a month, little did she know that her life could be put at risk.
         To her, it felt like she had a pet dolphin! Every day the dolphin came up to her to be petted. One day, she paddle out further than she usually did, this time she was about 25 yards out. Barely any people around her. Since it was only about 2 hours until sunset, Diana decided to do some surfing. Diana was having a blast! She was having an awesome time surfing!!! Then, when she was waiting for a wave, it was almost sunset. She laid down on the board and waited for the first dolphin to jump! A few moments later, the dolphins jumped, only this time... there were 6 dolphins, and a newborn baby was jumping too!! As usual, the dolphin that acted as a pet, came up. Only this time she came with a baby, she was a mother!! The dolphins started to swim away and Diana sat up, putting her legs in the water, when... CHOMP!!!!! A shark bit Diana's leg clean off!! Diana screamed, but no one was around to hear!! Diana in panic, fell off her board and when she ducked under the water, she saw the dolphins fighting the shark!! The pet dolphin swam over to Diana, Diana put her arm around the dolphin and it started to swim, it swam faster and faster toward land! When they arrived, there were a few people left on the beach, Diana was almost unconscious! Thankfully, the people here helped her up, one called 911 to get medical attention. 2 days later, Diana woke up in the hospital, she looked around, and saw a nurse. She asked, "Where am I?" The nurse replied, "You're in the hospital, you survived a shark attack 2 days ago, thanks to some dolphins and a few people on a beach." Diana sat up, she thought, trying to remember 2 days ago. Then she remembered, she remembered what the nurse had said, 'Thanks to a dolphin...'  "Thank you!" Diana said while looking out the window, it was dawn. The dolphins were jumping, happily! And she was still alive.

-Jacklyn Jones/camolosernerd