Water Fishing Narrative

Narrative Whoosh! My brother glides by me with little effort. Watching him do well makes me think “Oh I can do that to then.” I’ve always thought I’ve had quite the talent of being astounding at things after I’ve seen someone do it right before me. But not today. I jumped into the water, put the skis on, and was holding the rope in my hands. Laying back in the water thinking “This is gonna be easy” then “Bbb RRrr” the boat was off and the only place I went was back in the water. It was just a couple weeks before my freshmen year of high school and we decided to go boating with some family friends. The whole ride to the river all my brother could talk about was how excited he was to go water skiing and how much fun it was last time he did it. So knowing me, I thought, “Since Austin was good at it so I’ll probably be better” so I smack talked him a little telling him little things like “I’m just a natural” and “I can’t help it” getting him all riled up. Once we arrived to the Mississippi River we unloaded everything and headed into the river. We were heading south bound at a nice pace when we noticed there weren’t any boats. We stopped to grab the skies and my brother jumped out wanting to go first. He got all ready and off the boat went cruising along the river for a while until he finally got tired and just let go of the handle. He went a long way and it …show more content…
But I took the congratulations anyway. Over the course of this experience, it pushed me to see if I’m really capable of doing and what I might not be the best at yet. But hey obviously I can say I can water ski now! Maybe not as good as my brother yet but