Thomas went for a walk down by the river.

Yesterday me and my sister went down to our river to explore. We saw lots and lots of crabs and
we saw our friends on the bridge. After a bit me and my sister found 6 eels. Some were babies and
some were grown-ups. After a little bit I found a paua shell and a pipe. The pipe was a very old one
and it had an oyster on it. My sister thought it was a Stethoscope. The paua was like a pretty rainbow
high up in the sky and it had loads of sea creatures on it. Then I found this thing. It was almost like
jelly! We put it with the eels because we thought it was an eel but it was actually something that you
find on the beach and it's called a salp. We had to let all of the creatures go. I was sad when I had to
let the salp go. Normally they are clear but my salp had sucked in a lot of mud so it didn’t look the
same.There were loads and loads of little holes in the mud when we were trying to look for the crabs
on the first day we were doing it. My sister and my dad got their gumboots stuck in the mud. I stayed
safe on this little rock but the rock was sinking so we had to get out fast! The eels Squiggle like little
plants in the wind. It was gross and they're so sensitive. I got the biggest crab of all. It was huge!