The Diving Board

By Salim

One hot sunny day, I went to the pool with my cousin Chafic. We went to the Golf Club and I was really excited. Then, when we started walking towards the pool I saw a diving board that was really high up. I wanted to go but I was scared at the same time. It was very high.

Chafic went up and did lots of amazing things like front and back flips. While I was watching him I was thinking, “How can he do that?” I was wondering, “How doesn’t it hurt his stomach when he splashes into the water?” When he came back I asked him and he told me that it really does hurt but he doesn’t want to shout out so he just closes his eyes.

I decided to go up. As I was walking up the steps I was thinking that I was going to fall. My legs were shaking a bit. When I got to the top I looked at the height and was so scared. I was going to jump but then Chafic started shouting, “Go, go, go!” and I felt embarrassed. I told him to stop. He said, “OK, but you have to jump first.”

I looked down and decided to jump. I was thinking to myself, “If I jump I won’t die.” Chafic came and pushed me and I went off the side of the board. I landed feet first into the water. It was so high that when I landed my feet were burning.

I felt so happy that I’d done it and wanted to do it again, but when I got up the top I was too scared and I climbed back down.