“Oh boy,” Michael sighed his heart doing back flips in his chest as he stepped up. He had bet 20 bucks his friends Betty and Jackson that he could ride the Raging River.

 Down below he could see them by the snack bar eating popcorn. He shivered with fear as the lifeguard shouted “Next!” “What was I thinking!” Michael screamed in his head as he got on his tube and pushed off.

  First he screamed like a banshee but then he looked up and saw the different colored tubes and the water didn’t sound menacing but rather it sounded like a gurgle of laughter and mirth.

 He wasn’t scared any more he laughed with the water. Through the sharp turns he laughed. Through the dips and dives, and through the cone that sent him straight down at the end. When he got off  he wasn’t scared any more.

 Betty and Jackson raced towards “That was awesome!” Betty said with smile. “That was gnarly Dude!” Jackson said “You totally earned that 20 dollars. Michael grinned like a hyena and said “Now it’s your turn.”