Composition

Waiting for the beach

I had really been looking forward to summer since Christmas . On Christmas day , our parents had announced that we would be moving to Boston for summer of the next year . I could not imagine being so close to the beach . I had only been able to visit the beach when we visited relatives . Now I could have the entire beach experience all through summer . When we got to Boston all I wanted to go to the beach . Finally my family agreed we could go to the beach on the

third day

I woke up early in the morning to load all the beach gear in my dad 's car . I started making breakfast so that we could move as first as possible . We had decided to visit Nantucket beach . We left the house at seven forty-five in the morning and I was elated . I didn 't think anything could go wrong that day . Driving down the road , I listened to music on my earphones but I was too excited to stay put . I looked at all the trees we passed and it seemed to me that they too were happy for us I watched the cars passing by and even waved to some children . The sun was high in the sky . I had my swimwear on and I could imagine the feel of the water on my skin

Skkkktch ! The car came to a stop . Why aren 't we moving ? What happened ' I asked as I...