Columbia - "The Swirly Twirly Water Slide

THE SWIRLY TWIRLY WATER SLIDE
As we were going up what seemed like a million flights of stairs, a bright blue Texan sky above, made me feel joyful. I was on the biggest water slide I had ever seen. My whole body was jumping with happiness.
“Yay!” I shouted. Finally, we had made it to the top. “One more person to go,” I said to my brother Tug. “Then it will be our turn.”
We jumped into the tube where we waited and waited. I felt anxious and nervous. Then, I got a little bored. It seemed like hours, but surely it was only minutes. Finally, it was our turn to go. Was I ready?
We went into a little dip, then there was a blast of water pressure that shot Tug and I like a bullet. The water was so strong. There was no turning back. We flew up the steep hill while shouting, “AWWW!” It made me feel like I was going to fly into the sky. “Are we going to fall out?” I asked Tug, fear in my voice.
“No, of course not.” To keep us safe, there was a giant cage holding us in the tube. It was promising, “I will keep you safe – just have fun!”
At the top I could see how far we were going to go down. We went so fast; the water splashed on our faces. “Burr!” I yelled, “It’s freezing!” It was like swimming in the freezing lake at Freemont when I was five.
All of a sudden we were zooming into the bottom of the deep blue pool. Excitement wanted to pull me out and force me up the stairway.
“Did you have fun?” Tug exclaimed
“Yes!” I assured him.
“Want to go again?” he replied.
“Of course!” I explained as we darted to the giant stairs.
By ~ Columbia Eiden