According to my west coast brother today is, among other things, "Pandemonium Day" and "Shark Awareness Day." It certainly seems to me that these two should go together. As a matter of fact I can remember a particular circumstance when they did.
My best friend and her two sons, ages about 6 and 9, had come to visit for a week when we were living in rural southeastern Ohio. My husband was working out of town at the time and my children, ages about 7 and 9, and I were happy for the company. One day we decided to go to a nearby lake for a picnic and some swimming, it being a very hot summer day.
One of the children, I honestly don't remember whose, suggested that maybe we shouldn't swim because there might be sharks in the water. My friend and I assured them that there were no sharks living in our little local lake, and off we went.
My BFF and I were siting on the shore watching the kids swim and splash around in the water when suddenly all four of them came rushing up to us shouting "Shark, shark!" One of them was carrying a gray eight inch long rubber shark. The pandemonium that ensued was of the "We told you so, we told you so. There really are sharks in the lake." shouts with lots of loud laughter and jumping around kind. Children love to be proved right.
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