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Despite being heavy workload, I am trying to set aside time for learning English. Before fix my mind to learn English i have thought like this"How much I strain my mind, I could not change things. All I can do is accept thing and be prepare what tomorrow may bring." but now my thought is changed and its turn a look" everything is possible if trying hard. To get more suitability in english, first step is to make a habit of reading a book. I love to read books during my spare time.

Anyhow, I wanted to relay to you guy's how I am learning English and what are my motions. I was focusing on the lessons while I am trying to learn grammar through online.  Beside that I am trying to read and read as I could. To justify that, I have read the some books of GOOSEBUMPS series by RL STINE.  One of the stories I have read is the story titled “Deep Trouble”.  May you need to passion to complete to blog due to its too long. pls stay here until draw to close entire story.Here is a summary of the story.

It was the story of two kids named Billy and Sheena. They are brother and sister. Once they went to their uncle’s house to spend the summer. Their uncle was some sort of scientist.  He is a marine biologist. His name is George Deep but they called him Dr. D.

One day, Billy and Sheena together with Dr. D exploring the ocean.  Dr. D instructed them not to wander too far. It might be dangerous. Un-intentionally, Billy wandered more than he thought. He was tempted to explore a little. Then strange things happened to him. In the deep ocean while he was far away with his companion. Something had tingling against his leg. He thought it was an eel. He decided to go back into the boat when suddenly something dragged him down. He was frantically kicking. He turned around to see what it was. Then he saw a sea monster. He saw a huge terrifying creature. He tried to free himself but the creature was too strong. The creature was pulling him down. Suddenly, he felt dizzy. He thought it was the end of him.

He could not even remember how it had happened but the thing last thing he knows was there were strong arms pulling him up. He realized it was his Uncle. At first he blamed him for being such a stubborn. He told them what he saw. Sheena said there is no such thing. No wonder because she is a kind of girl that there is no imagination. Obviously no one believes him no matter how he insists that he saw a sea  monster. 

One evening, Billy was wondering in the boat when he saw a boat bigger than theirs. Two fellows came out to the view. Dr. D and his assistant researcher welcomed them and led them to the room. They were in some sort of meeting, out of curiosity Billy followed them. For some reason, his gut tells him that there was a mysterious happening. He crept to the room where the meeting had been held. He was eavesdropping. He might pushed himself hard and un-intentionally the door was opened. He was so embarrassed.  He can’t even look to his uncle’s face and look him in the eye.

Anyhow, he found the mysteries.  He heard that the visitors were offering his uncle to find the mermaid and the exchange of billion dollars. At first, Dr. D did not agree because he believed there were no such things. But finally, he said he will try. Then the visitors left. Billy was so excited. Dr. D told him that they must keep it secret.

At that night, Billy could not sleep. He kept thinking about the mermaid and the sea monster. He was so determined to prove that he is not making a story, that he really saw a sea monster. He was so absorbed in these thoughts. He decided to go and find himself. He took his swimming gear and advanced to the sea. Her sister, without his knowledge had been observing him. He did not notice that she followed her.

In the deep ocean, he swam to the place where he had seen the sea monster. He stayed it for a while when Sheena yelled at him. She tried to stop him from going into the ocean far away from the boat. He told her that he wanted to prove that he really saw a sea monster.  They were in these arguments when Sheena saw a fin of big shark coming towards them. Billy did not saw it and he swam away from his sister. He ignored the frighten expression of Sheena’s face. He thought that she just making fun of him as she often does. Sheena was too scared to talk. Finally, she found her voice and yelled to her brother. “There is a shark” .  She shouted the more she could but no use for her. Billy was gone too far. She swam back to the boat and call for help. Billy turned around to look his sister but he could not find her. Much better he thought. No one will disturb him. He did not wander too long when finally he saw the big shark coming after him. He swam as fast as he could but the shark swam faster. The shark caught his ankle and made a scratch and bleed. He almost lost his nerve but he reminded himself to stay focus. “I will not die in here! Not today and not with the shark” he said. He swam towards the reef and hide there. He tried to be careful not to touch any of the coral reefs because it might paralyze him. He huddled himself in there for a while and waited to the shark. The shark made his attack attempt. For sure Billy will be caught and die instantly. He closed his eyes and wait for his end. He stayed for a while but no one came to bite him. Instead he heard a sound like girl shrill with anger. He opened his eyes.  Suddenly, he saw a beautiful girl fighting to the big shark. She had a long blond curly hair and half fish body. It was just like how the fairy tale books described it. Within a minute, the shark shriek with pain and swam away. He stared to the mermaid and tried to express his gratitude. He wondered if he she could understand her. He began to speak but suddenly the girl shrill with anger. That made him amazed. He did not notice the net at first. Then he realized the mermaid was struggling to free herself. Dr. D and his assistant caught the mermaid by fish net. The mermaid looked at him as if she was angry . As is she was accusing him that he betrayed her.

Dr. D was so happy. “You did it! You found the mermaid ” he said to him. They brought the mermaid in to the boat. Billy was not happy about it. He pleaded his Uncle to release from the net because it was hurting her. They put the mermaid in to the huge tank full of water. The tank was big enough for the mermaid to swim over.  Billy saw the mermaid was crying. He tried to feed her but she refused.

Billy was so overwhelmed. He felt guilty. He intended to make the mermaid escape but the assistant of his uncle caught him. He convinced him that they will not going to hurt her. He said that after studying the mermaid they will free her and send back to the ocean where she belongs. The assistant said that he must think how famous he would be in the whole world. Not only him rather his dearest uncle. That consoled him. He felt calm afterwards.

On that night, Billy could not sleep. So he decided to take a visit to the mermaid. His uncle was guarding it and observing him at the same time. He was on his way to the laboratory, when he saw a numbers of men creeping towards the boat. They were dressed on mask. He ran to his uncle to warn him but too late. The culprits had seen him. One of them hit his uncle with a gun in the head. He lost his consciousness. He saw the assistant and tried to ask him help. Unfortunately, he was with them. He was the one who gave a tip that they found the mermaid. He asked why. The assistant said that someone wanted the mermaid and gave him a better offer.  

The culprits ran away and they leave them dying inside the tank.  They took the mermaid and sailed away.  Billy did not give easily. He tried to escape from the tank.  Ultimately, after of an hour of struggling they made the tank glass broken. They rode to the emergency boat to go after to the culprits. They saw the boat floating without moving. They were resting Dr. D said. Billy crept to the boat. He went to the cage where the mermaid lies. He managed to free the mermaid. He was just about to leave when one of the guards caught him. He threw him on the sea. They set a fire to the boat where Dr. D and Sheena staying.  The culprits were occupied chasing after them and they forgot about the mermaid. The mermaid was in the ocean now. She helped Billy and saved him from drowning. On the second time she saved his life. When she made sure that the three of them were safe, she face towards the boat and make a very loud shrill cry. They did not realized what she was doing when suddenly a lot of mermaid came to view.  They were hundreds of them. They were hand in hand and make a shrill with anger. The last thing Billy knows was the boat of the culprits was sinking. The mermaids helped them.

On the next day, the visitors who came before were back. They said that they heard that Dr. D found the mermaid. Dr. D told them that they did not find any mermaid. HE said that everything was just a fairy tale. And the fisherman who was telling that he saw a mermaid was just a drunken man. He really did not see a mermaid. Instead, it might be just a dream or his hallucination.