The Shark Reef

The idea was for us to have a fun filled family activity. The Shark Reef, sounds innocent, right? KaPow, you'd be wrong on that. Did you ever see the Saturday Night Live skit with the Candygram that is actually a shark? Yeah, it's like that. Our family entered the Shark Reef expecting to see a few underfed animals in inadequately lighted cages,. . . Well, we weren't wrong on that count. However there is much more lurking beneath the surface. As I was saying, we walked in and saw an immaciated crocodile in the first cage. I turned to Allen, thinking of saying something witty about it when I noticed that Ethnie was gone. I call her but hear nothing, except the vocalizations of the Japanese tour group next to us. "Yes, Koe-knee-chee-wah to you too, Have you seen my. . . Ok sure I'll take your pictures, say cheese. Yes that's beautiful, they'll love it back home." Well I don't think that they were going to be much help. I looked around, calling out her name when I noticed a utility door open. I looked through and saw one of Ethnie's flip flops lying on the ground, SINISTERLY. I beckoned to Allen who came running and point out the flop, we exchanged deeply meaningful looks and, with Emma in tow, made our way into the darkened hallway. At the end of this dingy passageway there was another door that was slightly ajar, we glanced inside it to see if Ethnie was there. Whew, she was, only not alone. There was an animal in there with her, from our angle we could only see the tail, which looked small enough. It looked as though she may have seen a small reptile and chased it here, She really is just like her father. We opened the door wider to behold not some minute reptilian creature, but a huge fierce dragon. It is the largest of all monitors, The Komodo Dragon. It had the head of a snake, and a short wrinkly neck connected to huge huge muscular body, oh and did I mention the gargantuan claws? I froze, but Allen knew just what to do. He seemed at home next to this massive beast. Ethnie was just climbing on it's back for a ride, "Just stay back honey, Komodo Dragons are naturally docile creatures, and he won't attack unless he feels threatened, that is of course if he's not hungry," Allen stated heroically. I didn't really know what to say to that. He slowly approached the dragon, with our now kicking bucking child on it's back. From his pocket he produced a makeshift lasso made out of pocket lint. He gently slipped the noose around it's neck, and quickly jumped on it's back. In one fluid movement he threw Ethnie to me and tied the creature up with his shoelace strings. "That aughta do it," he said in his manliest voice, then he passed out. We escaped with our lives and a really great story might I add. Just remember, if you ever go to the Shark Reef though, you may want to watch for open doors.

Ok, so that is a complete fabrication, but the trip was so boring, aside from the mushy family bonding that I had to add something. This is the girls all tuckered out from their adventure.