Personal Narrative: A Beautiful Day In Hawaii

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It is a beautiful day in Hawaii where people are lying on a white sand beach enjoying the hot sun beaming on them. There are kids laughing while making a sand castle and people swimming in clear blue water. Then all of the sudden there are shouts and screams of people saying “SHARK!” There are five dorsal fins peaking out of the water searching for their prey! People in the water start to swim frantically to shore. As the sharks see their prey getting away from them they swim faster. One of the sharks got are close enough to open their mouth with their sharp teeth and ate the swimmer in one bite. Then the other four sharks circle around one swimmer. As they swim around they size up their prey to see which body part they should start to

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