Sloan’s Surfing Tricks and Treats

On a sunny Friday afternoon the students of Bento High School walked out the gate happily. They had written the terrifying Maths test, so they felt relieved.

‘I can’t believe the sun is shining!’ ‘When will it be cloudy again?’ Vernon said angrily.

‘It’s just a few hours until the sun goes down,’ the others tried to calm him.

‘I can’t survive so long in this sunshine. I’m going home,’ the vampire said and turned so fast that his cape was flying behind him.

‘Guys, do you want to come to the beach with me?’ Sloan asked. Everyone agreed to join him, except Rosie, which made him really disappointed. He gathered all his bravery and walked up to her.

‘Would you like to come to the beach? I’ll show you my tricks,’ and he flashed his horrifying teeth in an attempt to smile at the rabbit.

‘What? You also do magic tricks now?’ asked Rosie surprised.

‘Well, if you want, I’ll watch some videos on the net and learn a few tricks,’ he said while desperately juggling with his surfboard. Unfortunately, he was so nervous that he dropped it.

‘Honestly, I don’t like magic tricks. You know, the rabbit in the hat and everything,’ said Rosie. 

‘Er… then I’ll show you surf tricks,’ said Sloan enthusiastically. 

‘Oh, that’s what you meant!’ laughed Rosie.

‘Yes, but I wasn’t sure what you were more interested in,’ he said looking at his fin embarrassed.

‘Sloan, I’m interested in your new tricks. I think surfing is cool. And the competitions are also really exciting. Although I don’t understand the scores.’

‘Then let’s go to the beach!’ Sloan cried a bit too loud.

He must have practiced these tricks a lot if he is so excited – the rabbit thought.

Ollie was already on the beach preparing his DJ equipment. Cosmo the crab was tinkering away in the sand.

The shark arrived running. He was running so fast that a sandstorm arose behind him. He was yelling to Ollie from far away. ‘Rosie is coming! Rosie is coming!’

‘OK, I get it, Rosie is coming, so what? She always rides here. Buddy, what’s wrong with you? Why have you been running so fast? You shouldn’t run on the beach, because you can swallow a lot of sand while panting. You must walk or lie down here.’

Rosie and Harper arrived, followed by the two cat girls, Camill and Chloe who were hopping.

‘It’s so great that we have come to the beach!’ cried Camill and she turned a cart-wheel.

‘Calm down, it’s not cheerleading practice,’ Ollie fretted.

‘Ollie, you have to understand that not everyone would like to spend the whole afternoon with eating,’ Camill said and continued jumping.

Ollie looked at her resentfully and started the afternoon mix.

Chloe immediately went up to Camill. ‘You can’t talk to him like that. You hurt his feelings. I want us all to feel great. Please, let’s not ruin this wonderful Friday afternoon.’

‘Fine, I’ll make it up to him,’ agreed Camill.

In the meantime, Sloan had already got on his board and was shouting to his friends from the sea. ‘Hey, guys! Watch this!’ Everyone gathered and watched in awe. Camill lay down to sunbathe next to Ollie’s DJ stand. Sloan did amazing tricks that were so breathtaking that even Soren the seagull got scared and left him alone.

‘Incredible! You are awesome!’ screamed Rosie and applauded. The others also whistled and yelled to the shark in appreciation. When he finished his show and came out to the beach, Rosie ran to him. ‘Sloan, you’re so talented! You were fantastic!’ she said and hugged the shark. Sloan was so excited that he literally fainted.

‘Oh, no! Sloan, are you all right?’ worried Rosie and knelt down next to him in the sand. She slapped his face and Sloan opened his eyes.

‘I’m sure you haven’t eaten enough. Here, take my protein bar, it will help,’ said Rosie and started feeding him with her favorite snack. Sloan hated protein bars, but he felt so happy that Rosie was taking care of him that he didn’t say a word, just bravely swallowed each bite. Rosie was relieved and stayed next to him for the rest of the afternoon.

After a while, Camill sat up and turned to Ollie. ‘You know, you were right. It’s really cool lying in the sand and doing nothing all afternoon,’ she said apologetically.

‘See? I told you so,’ said Ollie smiling.

As the sun started to set, the friends gathered around Ollie’s stand. They chilled, listened to the music and enjoyed the thought of a whole weekend awaiting them with exciting adventures.