Once upon a time there were two little girls named Hannah and Rian who went to the beach with their Moms and little sisters. The girls were busy playing princess in the ocean and didn't realize there was a jelly fish right behind them. "Ouch!" yelled Hannah, "A jellyfish stung me!" The girls ran out of the water and while Hannah's Mom ran all the way back to the van to get her vinegar (which should have been in her beach bag along with the Benedryl), Hannah used buckets of water to try and rinse away the sting. The vinegar helped with the pain but it still hurt, Hannah was very brave.
"Maybe you should check the rest of the beach for jellyfish," Hannah's Mom suggested. The two girls grabbed their buckets and started scouring the beach for the dreaded Portuguese Man of War Jellyfish (or Pork and Cheese as Rian calls them, too cute!). Over the next two hours the girls found 50 jellyfish, they scooped them up with their shovels into their buckets being careful not to touch the long tentacles. They decided to warn others about the creatures. While they were showing their bounty to the public they came across many other swimmers who had been stung and some of them had pretty good sized welts to show for it. Before leaving the girls buried the jellyfish deep in a mass grave so other people wouldn't step on them and get stung. Despite a rough beginning it was another great day at the beach.
When we came home this is the story Hannah and I wrote (illustrations by Hannah are included in the paper edition) to remember our day. She's creating quite a little library of stories of the adventures she has with her friends. We always research our stories and were quite surprised to discover the Man of War isn't actually a jellyfish and isn't a single organism but a colony! Check it out
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/printable/portuguese-man-of-war.html
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