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You won't believe this place. This Everglades thing, I mean. Which, by the way, is so way out in the middle of nowhere, even though it's only a half hour from my house in Fort Lauderdale. And you won't believe what happened to us. To Juliette, I mean, who's my new best friend. And to me. It all got pretty freaky for a while there.
It started when Dad drove Juliette and me to someplace called Sawgrass Recreation Park, and it's totally in the Everglades boonies! There was nothing around except blue water and leafy trees and this sawgrass stuff. "Sawgrass" is really sharp, tall grass that grows everywhere in the Everglades. It will SO cut you open if you brush against it. Whoa, I mean it's dangerous. Like a saw, get it? But kinda pretty when you see it all around, every place you look, ya know?
Anyway, we got there and just walked around for a while. The Everglades is awesome. It just goes on, like, forever! We gawked at all kinds of great birds, especially this really beautiful one. Dad said it's called a purple gallinule. This bird looks like a chicken, kind of. Except with amazing blue and purple feathers and a red beak. Dad also said some people call it a "swamp hen." Juliette liked that name and we both laughed.
We were having fun and it was pretty and peaceful and everything, I guess. Until Juliette and I walked on to the wooden dock, just inches above the water. That's when the first freaky thing happened. Because I saw these two beady eyes sticking out of the water, looking really mean. Then I saw that these two eyes were looking mean - right at me! We were all alone on the dock, two small girls who probably looked like bait or something, right? And these eyes were coming closer. And closer! Until they were right next to me and looking right into my eyes!
I was eyeball to eyeball with a real alligator! Wow, talk about weird! And spooky! This big gator stopped swimming and just stared into my eyes. Then it dipped under the water and disappeared. I hadn't been at the Everglades for more than 20 minutes before an alligator tried to eat me. Well, ok, he didn't exactly try. But I knew he was thinking about it!
But guess what? That wasn't the freakiest thing about our trip to the Everglades. The freakiest thing happened on our ride in a real airboat. I'll tell you all about that next week, ok? Come back for the whole story. You won't wanna miss this one!
It started when Dad drove Juliette and me to someplace called Sawgrass Recreation Park, and it's totally in the Everglades boonies! There was nothing around except blue water and leafy trees and this sawgrass stuff. "Sawgrass" is really sharp, tall grass that grows everywhere in the Everglades. It will SO cut you open if you brush against it. Whoa, I mean it's dangerous. Like a saw, get it? But kinda pretty when you see it all around, every place you look, ya know?
Anyway, we got there and just walked around for a while. The Everglades is awesome. It just goes on, like, forever! We gawked at all kinds of great birds, especially this really beautiful one. Dad said it's called a purple gallinule. This bird looks like a chicken, kind of. Except with amazing blue and purple feathers and a red beak. Dad also said some people call it a "swamp hen." Juliette liked that name and we both laughed.
We were having fun and it was pretty and peaceful and everything, I guess. Until Juliette and I walked on to the wooden dock, just inches above the water. That's when the first freaky thing happened. Because I saw these two beady eyes sticking out of the water, looking really mean. Then I saw that these two eyes were looking mean - right at me! We were all alone on the dock, two small girls who probably looked like bait or something, right? And these eyes were coming closer. And closer! Until they were right next to me and looking right into my eyes!
I was eyeball to eyeball with a real alligator! Wow, talk about weird! And spooky! This big gator stopped swimming and just stared into my eyes. Then it dipped under the water and disappeared. I hadn't been at the Everglades for more than 20 minutes before an alligator tried to eat me. Well, ok, he didn't exactly try. But I knew he was thinking about it!
But guess what? That wasn't the freakiest thing about our trip to the Everglades. The freakiest thing happened on our ride in a real airboat. I'll tell you all about that next week, ok? Come back for the whole story. You won't wanna miss this one!
will kids read this and believe it is written by kids if it is not in fact written by kids?
the language seems like forced 80's cliche kid talk.
Hi. I'm a 9 year old and I read the LauderKids blog. I can tell that a grownup writes the blog, but I like that it is a story just for kids and I am interested in the adventures. I was not even born in the 80's but can figure out what the blogger is getting at.
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