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I was 7 years old, and my 

family and I were on vacation 

in Hawaii.   When we arrived 

at our hotel room, I looked 

out the window and saw a 

yellow smiley face parachute.  

It was floating through the air 

over the Pacific ocean.

I turned around to ask my mom why there was a smiley 

face in the sky.   She explained that this was called 

parasailing.   Parasailing is when a parachute is attached to 

a boat with a very long rope. With a special harness, a 

person is attached to the parachute.   When the boat moves 

faster, the parachute flies high into the sky!  

From that day on, I imagined the day that I would be old 

enough to go parasailing!   I dreamed about the day I would 

fly high above the ocean.

Ten years later, my family and I went on vacation to the 

Bahamas... 

When we arrived to our hotel, we went to our room, and I 

walked out onto the balcony.   I saw bright green palm 

trees, a big blue ocean, pools, and lots of people. I noticed 

something in the sky floating over the ocean!

A tiny rainbow colored parachute was floating through the 

air. I yelled to my parents and told them I saw someone 

parasailing!   Since I was a big kid now, I knew that I 

wanted to go parasailing while we were on this trip.  

Three days later, the day I 

had been waiting for finally 

came!   It was the day that 

my brother and I would go 

parasailing.   I had dreamed 

of this day since I was a little 

girl in Hawaii. 

My family and I walked down to the beach and jumped into a 

boat with a red, white and blue parachute.   It looked like the 

American Flag!   I began to feel butterflies in my tummy.   I was 

so nervous!   I had waited so many years for this day, and it was 

finally here!  

We all sat in the boat while a man who lives in the 

Bahamas drove the boat.   We put on life jackets, and were 

off!   We quickly sailed away from shore, and then began to 

slow down.   The boat driver asked Matt and I, "Are you 

ready?"

Matt and I looked at each other, full of excitement, and shouted 

"yes!"   The boat driver strapped on a harness and attached us to 

the parachute.   The parachute was attached to the boat by a very 

long rope.

Matt and I were all ready 

to parasail! We gave him a 

thumbs up and he released 

the rope.   The boat began 

to drive away and we 

floated into the air!

The boat got smaller and 

smaller and we flew higher 

and higher into the sky.  

Higher and higher and 

higher!   The boat was so 

tiny that it looked like a 

toy.   We did it - we were 

parasailing!

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