A Vacation at the Beach

Roscoe learns a painful lesson.

A Vacation at the Beach

 

By Elton Camp

 

Roscoe looked forward to his vacation all year

“I hate the city and want to get away from here.”

The mountains were where he usually went,

But this time, it was at the beach it was spent

 

Roscoe spent all day on the sand enjoying the sun

But later on that night, he wasn’t having much fun

His skin felt sensitive and began to radiate heat

And by the next morning, it turned as red as a beet

 

Because of his lack of good sense, Roscoe did earn

Face, back, trunk, arms legs painful first degree burn

Outer layer of his skin peeled off.  He looked a fright

Never again a vacation spent on beach did him delight