tender feet. Every ten or fifteen feet I stop, sometimes to smell the salty

sea air, but mostly to wait for my parents who plod along behind carrying

chairs, coolers, and other beach paraphernalia. I yell back to them to hurry,

and they reply that I can run ahead and find a good spot. I yelp with glee and

run as fast as my little legs will carry me. I stop where the dark, brown of

the boardwalk meets the light, white of the beach. My dad warned me about how

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Approximate Word count = 370
Approximate Pages = 1 (250 words per page double spaced)