A beach, an old woman, and an umbrella.

This story will be told in two perspectives. The setting is in a beach in Hong Kong about a year ago. The first perspective will be through my own eyes, and the second will be through the eyes of the old woman who will be mentioned in the story.

My own perspective:

"What a great day, at the beach with Wendy, Irene and Salina. Hey what's this? What is this entourage of old people walking by? Why do they all have hats and flags? Oh, they must be a tour group. Oops, one of the old grandma's there lost her umbrella. Uh Oh, the wind picked it up and blew it into the ocean. Darn it, it's now floating upside down in the water and I'm the closest to it. I hardly know how to swim, but it's not that far out. Here I go!

Uh oh.. I'm swimming, but the tide is carrying the umbrella farther and farther away. I gotta swim faster and farther, i'm almost out of energy, and I have to make sure I have enough energy for the way back too."

(Awhile later I finally manage to grab hold of the umbrella, but as the umbrella was floating upside down, water encompassed it, making it very difficult to retrieve).

"Gasp, this umbrella is really hard to pull up! Let me try twisting it around, nope not working. Let me try closing it under water, nope not working. Darn it, everyone on the shore is watching me! But i'm running out of energy yet I cant dissapoint my fans! Oh my.. I'm really starting to get tired. Good thing Wendy is here since she's a lifeguard. Oh man. "

(After struggling for another couple minutes I finally gave up)

"Ok, I am completely out of energy. Must drop the umbrella. I honestly dont know if I can make it back to the shore. I hope Wendy can see how much I'm struggling."

(After arriving back on shore)

"Wow... thank God I'm still alive...gasp.. I am out of breath. I hate that I let everyone down, but I really did try my best to retrieve that umbrella. Almost gave my life for it. What a hero I am".


(Unfortunately, to the grandma it looked different)

Grandma's perspective:

"WHY DID THAT BOY MAKE A DELIBERATE EFFORT TO SWIM OUT AND DESTROY MY UMBRELLA, WHAT A BAD PERSON"