Dear diary,

  I'm bored. I wanna go to the beach but Goodman said no.

  The beach is really far and there's a lot of dangerous things on the road. Goodman said it's not worth it so we're playing by the river instead. There's a small creak that feeds into the big river by Bitsy's bridge its waters are cleaner than the muddy river but it's not deep enough to swim in.

  Stolen content warning: this tale belongs on Royal Road. Report any occurrences elsewhere.

  We made a dam out of rocks and twigs to make a little floating pool. The water only goes up to my knees but if I lay down I can pretend I'm swimming. It's pretty cool.

  Love,

  Tina