River Rafting, Prank, and a Bruise with the Shape of a Paddle

            A couple of years ago during summer vacation, my family and I were spending our break in Rio Claro, a hotel in a natural park with a lots of activities like zip lining, water rafting, river tubing and more. The place is very serene, and since my aunt is the owner of it, we could do whatever we wanted, as long as we weren’t audacious to the other guests at the hotel. One day, my aunt had the idea of going rafting in the river as a whole family, and almost everyone was not lackadaisical towards the idea, and we were even more enthusiastic towards the idea of a mutiny against my aunt, Ximena. The plan was to push her off the boat, (while we weren’t in any rapids of course).

            So we embarked on our journey through the beautiful emerald green river, and of course, eager to reach the “safe for mutiny” part of the river. All of us were very conscientious not to make any expressions that would give us away, but my cousin Oriana who is also Ximena’s daughter, was keeping the secret slovenly, she didn’t try too hard to keep it secret.  At one point my brother, Pipe, had to make her quiet by rebuking her, but he was very prudent about it.

            It was almost time to prank Ximena, and we were hiding the secret very well because she had no linking that we were planning on throwing her off the boat.  As soon as we pushed Ximena off the boat, Oriana rankled out of the blue! I guess it was because it was her own mother being pushed off the boat but Oriana did not notice Ximena’s smile as she was playfully pushed. It may have been an irascible moment for Oriana, but her expression was hilarious! It would be impossible to depict her face, it looked just like this. In addition, Oriana was so incredibly irritated with us, that she grabbed a paddle and started hitting us with it! Luckily, Pipe confiscated her “weapon” before she could know my teeth off.

            In the end Oriana ended up trying to steal from the profusion of paddles we had, and everyone had to stay clear of her way for the rest of the day, Ximena had fun, and the only “revenge” Oriana got was to pilfer from our dinner plates at night. I had a blast, even though I ended up with a bruise on my back, and guess what; it had the shape of a paddle.

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