Walks on Water

Once there was a girl who loved the outdoors. She loved going on canoe trips and was very carefree in the water and in the rapids. When she had reached the age to go on bigger trips with her sisters, she went on a trip with bigger water and bigger rapids. The event that gave the girl her name was something they all remember.
They had stopped for lunch and she and one of her sisters were walking along the river. They came upon a small waterfall. Her sister loved the water as well and wanted to play in it. The girl agreed. They spotted a large rock in the middle of the water and wondered how they could get to it. Of course they knew they had to walk across the water. They were skeptical because if they fell they would go down the shelf, or small waterfall. She and her sister were young and not thinking and decided to go across. The current was strong but her sister got across safely. It was the girl’s turn and she started across the edge. The girl was smaller than her sister so it feels as if the current would knock her over. She was almost across when she slipped. She fell down the first little shelf and held on to a small rock for her life. Her sister quickly grabbed her hand and pulled her up. Out of fright and somehow, humor, the girls were screaming and laughing loudly.
Her other sisters, who couldn’t see the girls from where they were making lunch, heard the screams and rushed over. The oldest sister, who was responsible for the others, came running over first and was furious and wonders how they got to a rock in the middle of a strong current and just above a waterfall. The girl and her sister looked down as their soaking bodies and notice baby leeches all over them. They pick them off and wait for their sisters to help them. The oldest sister throws them a rope and the girl lets her sister go first. As her sister tries to grab a hold of the rope she almost falls into the water. Her sister gets across and so does she. The other sisters are very angry but they are just happy their sisters are all right. They name the girl, “Walks on Water” to symbolize the experience.