"It's almost time!" Crystal said loudly.

"Calm down already," her grandpa said. "You have to be patient."

"I'm too excited to calm down and be patient!!!!"

"Well then", her grandpa replied in a wierd tone.

Then she hollered out ,"Hey Kyle,get out here now!!!!!"

Her brother Kyle was rushing out the door with a bucket for the shells and any other thing they could possibly find in the lake. He tripped while running and fell into a thorn bush that they had growing in the backyard.

"Ouch" Crystal and her grandpa said together.

"Ok, ok I'm here!!!!" Kyle said while breathing deeply.

With a wierd look on her face she said, "Are you ok?"

"Yes, I'm fine... I think", he replied still breathing deeply.

"I wasn't talking to you.  I was talking to the bush", she said in a sarcastic tone.

He stared at her with angry eyes and replied "Thank you for your concern, I am really feeling the love."

Their grandpa stared at the two of them and said, "Don't forget to wear your mud boots and make sure you keep them on tight because the mud might suck them in."

The two of them stared at their somewhat confused grandpa and then stared at the tide that was starting to go out very slowly waiting and waiting and waiting.