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Once ,I remember me and my little sister “Nicole “ always made races to find the most seashells . “ I bet ya I would win Natalie!” She blabbered out to my face . “ Oh ya!” I spoke proudly hoping that I would win . At the end it was all a tie , Nicole uttered that she had more, obviously she was lying ! “ See look I have 30 you have 29 ,so ha !” She spoke in her bratty voice . “ Nicole !” I yelled , “ Why don’t we do something else ?” “ Okay , like what ? “ She questioned me . “ How about let’s do something with mom and dad and Jessica !” I stammered with excitement knowing that I was planning something quite amazing! [ if do say so myself!] My plan was to get the others to burry my mom in the sun while she was getting her tan on what it seemed like , gold silky sand that was at times felt spongy because of the water rushing up from the bay. This was going to be funny ! “Dad Jessica come over here !” They quickly rushed towards me . “ Our plan is to get mom and bury her in the sand !” The others agreed . We were slowly but surely tip toeing towards mom . It took a while but we did it ! She looked like a mermaid ! My dad took a bunch of pictures ! Good thing she is a rough sleeper !But the worst thing about this silly prank was that eventually she woke up,and eventually she got mad!Once she stood up she was covered in sand head to toe ! But now she realized an important lesson ,to never trust us !!! And today I realized an important lesson too, and that was making moments and creating memories that you will carry on for life !!! 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