The day began just like any other. I woke up, stepped out of my tent, and observed all the beauty surrounding me. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, the alligators were croaking, and the bugs were buzzing. You could still smell the citronella from the candles we lit to keep the bugs away the night before. Without saying a word, we all sat down and had our breakfast and drank our special tea. I looked around at everyone just then and I realized that it would be a day like no other. I could tell they understood it too as we all sat anxiously waiting for it to begin.

The water was so calm that day. It looked as if we were drifting through a mirror. The trees were more colorful than ever before and with no help from the wind, they vibrated in the clear blue sky. The few existing clouds were glowing in all the colors of the rainbow. Everything was s

ilent then. We were all too overwhelmed to really say anything. All you could hear were the songlike sounds of nature. I swore that I could make out a melody from those sounds and as I listened closer, the melody became louder. Then I looked into the trees again and noticed they were still vibrating. When I took a closer look, I began to notice patterns in the leaves. Suddenly I realized that you can really find beauty in anything. All you have to do is look close enough.

At that point I decided that I wanted to take a closer look at everything surrounding me. I stared passed the mirrored surface of the water and discovered a whole new world lying beneath me. The bottom of the river was covered in beautiful, smooth, multicolored stones. Growing from underneath the stones were tall green plants that seemed to dance with us as we drifted passed them. I pictured myself sliding in the water like an alligator, taking the plants by the hand, and waltzing with them to the beautiful melody that continued in my head even louder still.

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My friends played a very important part in this perfect world. I was lucky. I had the only guy of the group in my canoe so I didn't have to row. I got to lie back on the soft pillows behind me as my friends in the other boat drifted from one side of the river to

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