It was a warm June morning and Scott and Jennifer were building a sandcastle on the beach. They were on a family vacation, and had arrived at the beach the night before. Jennifer was 5 years older than Scott, and they rarely got along for a long period of time. They had talked on the way down, and talked about how they wanted to build a huge sand castle.

Their mom had read them a book about sand castles the night before and when Scott woke up he went and woke Jen up. They got ready and headed down to the beach. They knew the rules that they could not go into the water unless there was a grownup on the beach with them. So they grabbed their shovels, buckets, and ran down to the beach. They started digging a hole near the dunes, and Jennifer ran down and filled a bucket with water

They started to see if they could turn their sand castle plan into a reality. They each started to build the smaller ones and after a short time they decided to gather decorations for the big castle. Scott found sharks teeth and colorful shell pieces. Jennifer found blue, green, and clear beach glass. While they were walking back down to the castle Scott spied a full conch shell, it was completely untouched and no part of it was missing. They knew that the shell should go on the very top of the castle

They got back to their spot and worked together to make this castle the best they had ever built. Mom yelled down that it was time for breakfast, both Scott and Jennifer yelled back that they were not hungry. They continued building and packing the buckets with the sand and adding special touches. Mom and dad came down in a little while and scolded them because they forgot to put on sunscreen.