The Sea by Abi

A big beefy man, who had hardly any neck, walked happily into his brand new superstore. Seconds before, the superstore had been filled with the sounds of splashing mop buckets and floors being scrubbed. Now all was quiet. As quick as a flash, he knew there was something missing from his shop. He needed to decide whether to choose plastic bags or paper bags, so he called the supplier. RING! RING! RING! RING! “Hello, I would like to order some bags for my shop,” grunted the big beefy man. “Ok would you like plastic or paper?” said the supplier. The big beefy man answered “How much will they cost?” “Plastic bags 5p and paper 50p,” remarked the supplier ”Hmm, I will go for plastic please,” said the man. Almost instantly, the smell of the fresh paint fumes lulled him to sleep.

To his surprise, he found himself on a boat. A whale, who had a wide, gaping mouth and bottle – blue body, appeared from the depths of the ocean. The whale bellowed, “The sea is my home and where generations of my family have lived, surely you know what happens tomorrow depends on what you do today. Plastic bags pollute the sea and cause my fish friends to die.”

With that the whale disappeared. Out of the blue deep, a blue dolphin swam to the surface of the sea. It spluttered “This is a sea of miracles, it is home to many fish and creatures, if you use plastic bags all of them will die.”

After that, the dolphin swam down below. At that very moment, a turtle, who had a shining, turquoise shell, came towards the boat. “My family have died because of plastic that looked like jellyfish. Eating plastic means we suffocate and we die. Please, please do not pollute our sea.”

Suddenly, he was awoken by the bright sunshine streaming through the window of his office. The man looked at his blue whale notebook. He could hear the clattering of tuna cans on the shelves. He picked up the phone and rang the supplier. RING! RING! He sighed “I will still go for plastic bags.” He hesitated. He felt torn, he wanted to go for the cheaper plastic, but that would ruin the sea. “WAIT, bag supplier l must go for paper bags.” Then, he simply placed the phone on the counter and walked out of his shop.