Hermit Crab Short Story

“Hmmmm doesn’t this hermit crab look like a Zebra?” “What?” my mom asked. “The hermit crab” I repeated. “Oh, yes, very nice Kiel,.” My mom is almost impossible to get off her book. She is like trying to pry off a small deep nail with only your hands. I gazed beyond the horizon feeling how hot the sand was, and the salty smell that burned my nostrils. Then, I took another look at the hermit crab, my mom and I started toward the ocean, hoping to find more knick knacks to put
A seagull had almost ran into my face. I had almost stepped on an odd looking crab if it had not been for those seagulls. It was an orange crab with red spots, black claws, and odd looking eyes. I tried to touch it but then the tide came in. SPLASH the water just swept me away. The water had only brought me in the ocean about 3 feet, until I washed upon shore. But when the water cleared up, I saw an object buried underneath seaweed. “What the heck is that” is what I said as I untangled the slimy seaweed. In cursive writing it read MELLVILLE UNDERWATER CAMERA. It was covered in seaweed and barnacles. I can’t believe someone made a camera that can go underwater and not get a dent on it. I ran over to Mom and Dad yelling “Look at what I found”. This time Mom actually rose up from her book. As if the dead had rosen. I showed them the camera and they looked puzzled. “Let’s tell the lifeguard” she said. We showed the lifeguard who also looked puzzled. He said “I don’t know what to say kid you found it not me.” So that did not work. I was hoping he would know what to do, someone could be missing an awesome underwater camera but still no