The Sea Horse Story

There once lived a sea horse named Mar. He was orange with little yellow and brown spots. He was also very little for such a big ocean.

Mar was very excited about today. It was the first day that he was going to get to play with the big sea horses out in the open waters of the ocean. His mom and dad always told him that he was too little to play with the big sea horses. They were worried that he might get hurt. After trying to convince them for weeks they finally said he could go. He was running late and was afraid that the others might have already started playing without him.

He swam out into the open waters but he didn't see the other sea horses. In fact, he didn't see any fish at all. Then he thought that maybe the other sea horses didn't want to play with him. Maybe they told him to come out here but they were going to play somewhere else. Thinking about that made Mar sad and he started to cry. "Why would they not want to play with me?" he thought. He was all alone out in the open waters so he didn't have to worry about anyone seeing him cry.

Mar was so consumed with his thoughts that he didn't notice a big shark was behind him. The shark started to open his mouth.

Then out of nowhere an octopus swam up and wrapped herself around the shark's mouth. She yelled at Mar, "SWIM!! Swim away little fella".

Mar was startled by the yelling. He turned around just long enough to see the octopus fighting with the shark. That was all he needed to see. Mar swam as fast as his little fins would take him. There was some coral close by. He swam towards the safety of it's cover. When he got closer to it he could hear yelling. He looked around and saw the other sea horses. One of them yelled, "In here Mar". He swam into an opening and found all of his friends. They weren't hiding from him, they were hiding from the big shark. Mar felt bad for thinking his friends didn't want to play with him.

They all stayed quiet until the shark was gone. Then all the sea horses started asking things like, "Are you alright?" and "What was it like being that close to a shark?" and "Who was that octopus that saved you?". It was nice to know that his friends did care. Mar only wished that he could thank the octopus that saved him.

Told on Oct. 28, 2010