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Victor Florance '21<br />
The Monster of New Orleans<br />
Kimberly Bond '23<br />
I was done with my sophomore year of college.<br />
Usually, I came home for a week or so and then<br />
traveled somewhere. However, that summer my<br />
parents didn't want me to travel, partly because they<br />
missed me, but also because I had just had an<br />
appendectomy. I had to leave college early a couple<br />
of weeks prior. I had been feeling sharp stomach<br />
pain, so I went to the doctor and it turned out my<br />
appendix had ruptured. Now, I was planning on just<br />
working at the summer camp this summer.<br />
“Are you sure you want to work at the summer<br />
camp right now?” my mom asked.<br />
“Yes, I’ll be fine,” I said.<br />
“It’s just... you just recovered from the surgery<br />
not even a week ago,” she said.<br />
“Mom, I promise that I’m okay to work at the<br />
camp,” I said to her.<br />
My mom was so worried about me working at<br />
the camp. I didn’t think she understood that I<br />
couldn’t just sit in the house and do nothing. I didn’t<br />
understand why she was making a big deal about me<br />
leaving. After all, it was just going to be a bunch of<br />
little kids playing with each other. Most days they<br />
wanted to go to the beach, which would be fine<br />
because it’s not like I ran the camp alone. Also, I<br />
had worked at the camp every summer when I was<br />
in high school.<br />
The start of camp was the next day. Kids started<br />
rolling in around 9 am. We were told that morning<br />
that we couldn’t go to the beach because there was<br />
something in the water. It was probably an oil spill,<br />
or jellyfish, or sharks. The kids were upset because<br />
normally they got to play with surfboards and sand<br />
toys. I was also kind of gloomy.<br />
New Orleans had crazy weather; it could be<br />
sunny and no clouds one day and a hurricane the<br />
next. It had begun to rain outside. The other<br />
counselors and I put on a movie for the kids. One<br />
little girl came up to me.<br />
“Hey Jadyn, can I sit with you?” asked the little<br />
girl.<br />
“Yeah, of course, you can,” I said. “What’s your<br />
name?”<br />
“My name is Jordan,” she said.<br />
“Do you know anyone here?” I asked.<br />
“No, I’m new,” she said. “Also, I’m just scared<br />
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