I am both terrified and fascinated by sharks. I have never seen one in person but have watched a lot of shows on T.V. about them. I can't believe that people would actually want to swim with them underwater. I would be too scared.

My older brother Keanu loves the beach and has no fear of swimming in the ocean. He goes surfing with his buddies all the time. He wants to teach me how to surf but I'm too afraid to go into the ocean so I stay on shore. "There's nothing to be afraid of dude. They're more afraid of us than we are of them."

After weeks of pestering me, I finally gave in and decided to try surfing. And you know what, it was actually pretty fun. I ended up falling off the board a few times but eventually got the hang of it. We didn't hit the big waves like my brother and his buddies usually did. I was quite proud of myself.

I was having an awesome time and didn't think about sharks at all. "Okay dude, time to go home" my brother called out. "Just a few more minutes. This is so amazing!" I looked over at my brother only to see him turning pale as a ghost. "Dude! Dude! Get out of the water right now!" "Chill out bro!" I shouted back. "Everything is........"

"Fine?"

Where was I? Everything was so dark and I could barely see. I was moving pretty fast though as different objects and fish kept hitting me in the head. "Hello?" I cried out. "Where am I?" "You're in my tummy" a voice replied. "Oh, okay. WHAT?" I had been swallowed up by a shark and was now riding around inside his tummy.

"What's with all of this garbage inside your belly?" "You tell me kid. You humans are the ones who dump all of this trash in the ocean. The name's Sharkey by the way." "Nice to meet you. I'm Wilson." "Sorry about eating you." "No worries." Wait, was I really having a conversation inside the tummy of a shark? I must have really hit my head on the surfboard.

Without warning, Sharkey jetted to the bottom of the ocean. "Whoa! Where are we going in such a hurry?" "I had to get away from those boats." "What boats?" "The ones who want to take my fins for soup." "Fin soup? Yuck!" "They take our fins and throw us back into the ocean but we'll never swim again." Poor guy. I honestly felt bad for this fearsome predator of the deep.