One afternoon, I went with my friends to the blue pond at the back of our school. I had heard so much about this beautiful pond, but had never gone before because my parents warned me not to. But why would my parents want to keep me away from something so beautiful? I was perplexed. The water was blue and beckoning. Within minutes, my friends and I changed into our bathing suits and was happily splashing about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The sky was blue with white clouds floating around. We laughed and played and dived about. It felt like a day in paradise. The water was warm and refreshing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Then suddenly, I heard a rumbling sound overhead. “What was that?” I asked startled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
My friends looked equally startled. We looked into the sky above and it had turned a dark, menacing gray. Yes, monstrous rainclouds had gathered in the few minutes we had started swimming in this pond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Thunder maybe,” Suzie remarked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We laughed and started to swim about more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
After a few more minutes, Mary screamed and ran out of the water. “Something touched my foot!” she screamed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We all laughed at her. “Of course something touched your foot. You’re in the water. It’s a fish!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We tried to make fun of her and convinced her to come back in when Suzie screamed and jumped out of the water. “Something touched my foot!” she screamed louder than Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At that point, we were all alarmed. We started to scramble out of the pond. I was the last one behind. As I grabbed the parapet, I felt myself being sucked back into the water. I started to scream. An unexplainable force seemed to be pulling me under. I thought I was done for. I could not resist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As I was being dragged underwater, I saw Mary skillfully grabbed a broken branch and threw it to me. I clung to it. All my friends held on to the branch with dear life and pulled. For a second, I thought they would be pulled into the water. But with one supreme and concerted effort, they dug me out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
We were all gasping for breath. From that day on, we never returned to the blue pond, and I never disobeyed my parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Uma tarde, fui com meus amigos ao lago azul nos fundos de nossa escola. Eu tinha ouvido falar muito sobre esse lindo lago, mas nunca tinha ido antes porque meus pais me avisaram para n\u00e3o fazer isso. Mas por que meus pais iriam querer me manter longe de algo t\u00e3o bonito? Eu estava perplexo. A \u00e1gua estava azul e convidativa. Em poucos minutos, meus amigos e eu vestimos nossos trajes de banho e est\u00e1vamos felizes na \u00e1gua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
O c\u00e9u estava azul com nuvens brancas flutuando ao redor. N\u00f3s rimos e brincamos e mergulhamos. Parecia um dia no para\u00edso. A \u00e1gua estava morna e refrescante.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ent\u00e3o, de repente, ouvi um som retumbante no alto. “O que \u00e9 que foi isso?” Eu perguntei assustado.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meus amigos pareciam igualmente surpresos. Olhamos para o c\u00e9u acima e ele se tornou um cinza escuro e amea\u00e7ador. Sim, monstruosas nuvens de chuva se juntaram nos poucos minutos em que come\u00e7amos a nadar neste lago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cTalvez um trov\u00e3o\u201d, comentou Suzie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00f3s rimos e come\u00e7amos a nadar mais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Depois de mais alguns minutos, Mary gritou e saiu correndo da \u00e1gua. \u201cAlgo tocou meu p\u00e9!\u201d ela gritou.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Todos n\u00f3s rimos dela. \u201cClaro que algo tocou seu p\u00e9. Voc\u00ea est\u00e1 na \u00e1gua. \u00c9 um peixe!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tentamos tirar sarro dela e a convencemos a voltar quando Suzie gritou e pulou para fora da \u00e1gua. \u201cAlgo tocou meu p\u00e9!\u201d ela gritou mais alto do que Mary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nesse momento, todos n\u00f3s ficamos alarmados. Come\u00e7amos a sair da lagoa. Eu fui o \u00faltimo a ficar atr\u00e1s. Ao agarrar o parapeito, senti-me sendo sugado de volta para a \u00e1gua. Eu comecei a gritar. Uma for\u00e7a inexplic\u00e1vel parecia estar me puxando para baixo. Eu pensei que estava acabado. Eu n\u00e3o pude resistir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enquanto eu estava sendo arrastado para debaixo d’\u00e1gua, vi Mary habilmente pegar um galho quebrado e jog\u00e1-lo para mim. Eu me agarrei a isso. Todos os meus amigos seguraram o galho com vida e o puxaram. Por um segundo, pensei que eles seriam puxados para a \u00e1gua. Mas com um esfor\u00e7o supremo e combinado, eles me desenterraram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Est\u00e1vamos todos ofegantes. Daquele dia em diante, nunca mais voltamos ao lago azul e nunca desobedeci aos meus pais.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"