Drifted Away
Auriauna
I was chosen! Finally someone picked me. I waited my whole life to be chosen, and it has finally come. Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself...I’m Gary. I’m a plastic Casey’s bag. I was holding ice cream- Mint Chocolate Chip-a Dr.Pepper, Sprite, Root Beer, Doritos, and a snickers bar. Wow! I’m leaving the store! I’m on my way out right now. Wait..a second..what is happening? Where am I? It is wet and cold. I think I’m on the street. How did I get here? I was just in a car. Wait...I'm drifting away. I miss my family now I don’t know why I wanted to get picked so bad.
I have been drifting for a week. I have meet a couple of friends along the way, but I drift away before I can ask where am I going. Today I made it into the Pacific Ocean. It has been a long journey…..I went from Indiana to California in a week, and no one has picked me up..Yet!
I’m drifting to this place, it is filled with a lot of garbage(things as big as refrigerators). I heard two plastic cups talking.
“I’ve been in this dump for over a year and still haven’t disintegrated.”
“Well, I have been in The Great Pacific Garbage Patch(between Hawaii and California) for years. I can tell you people in The United States use about 500 million straws each day...and I’ve seen more than that in my life time. Also 8 million tons of trash are emptied into the ocean each year.” This is why we are here!
Wait... something is coming after me. It is a turtle. I think it thinks I’m a jellyfish. HELP!! It is coming; it is going to get me. I can’t die. I’m so young and beautiful. AHHH! It is coming after me faster than I have ever seen a turtle move. GULP! Burp!