I open my eyes and grab the armrests of my beach chair. Whoa! I’m back at the beach! My legs are wrapped in my mermaid beach towel, and I’m sitting under my beach umbrella. I look all around. Posey is gone. Sir Pounce is gone too.
In front of me is a sandcastle that looks just like my very own house!
There’s a note written in the sand next to it that says What a FUN day! See you soon!
Then I watch a wave gently roll over the sand house and note. It washes them both away, and I sigh happily.
Suddenly my mom peers over the umbrella. “Daisy, oh good, you’re awake.”
I shake my head because I wasn’t asleep. Or was I?
Mom smiles at me. “You fell sound asleep in the warm sun. I put your towel over your legs and moved your beach umbrella.”
Hmm, was this all just a dream? I wonder. Then I yank off my towel to see if I’m still a mermaid.
Nope. I’m just regular old me.
“Upsy-Daisy!” Mom says. “It’s time to go home.”
“One more splash!” I say, and I flop into the shallow water. Then I wrap myself back in the towel and race my parents to the parking lot.
I even let them win.
