Rats are disgusting change my mind. Oh, wait you can’t! Rat are disgusting, they live in the sewers and eat trash. But…..the sewers in Shell Lake are actually pretty clean, I won’t lie to you. I can happily say I did not see a rat in the sewers when I went down there but something horrible happened to me.
The Perfect Day
It was a normal Tuesday, summer just started. It was a perfect day to hang with some friends and skateboard. That’s exactly what happened after we went into the sewers. I can not actually believe I went down to the sewers and lasted a good hour before the horrible incident but I’m getting ahead of myself.
The first thing is to explain who I let me go in the sewers- Emma, Joe, and Sam all wanted to go down there. I, on the other hand, would have rather stay above ground but Joe said: “come on V you know you want to go down there!” I didn’t want to go into the sewer but I wasn’t going to sit by myself.
Follow The Leader
I followed my friends blindly into the sewer. When I said the sewer was clean, I meant it. It was a hot summer day most of the extra water evaporated so it wasn’t as wet. We went down to this never-ending tunnel, we had to crawl down and my bucket hat got very dirty during this whole process. After this long straight tunnel, we had to do parkour. If you think me and parkour are friends you’d be right. I like learning cool tricks and doing cool stuff. BUT I am also short, not having long legs were not a blessing at this exact moment.
Short Legs
I am 5’5- this means I do not have long legs. Doing parkour to get to the next level was difficult. The tunnel we were in ended, but there was another tunnel that was higher. We all decided that we’re going to send it. Sam, Joe, Emma all made it, now it was my turn. It wasn’t as smooth as I wish it would have been. I ended up doing the spits to get to the other side. OUCH! I was wearing short shorts and now I got myself a nice scar on the back of my right leg. That baby would not stop bleeding, and the best part I did not even notice until we took a small break to catch our breaths. Soon after that break, we when back because I felt like I couldn’t breathe and felt very claustrophobic but I did not say anything because I didn’t want to ruin the fun. But thank god Joe said we should go back because I should clean my wound.
Life Lesson
Life lesson- always practice parkour before going into any sewers(I don’t know how the TMNT live) and ALWAYS carry hydrogen peroxide.
What Not To Do 