O Come Sharks

We should buy some supplies before we set off for Point Lowly, says Gaius.

I've got mine already, says Terence. I've still got my can of Red Bull.

Good, says Gaius. That's one thing we won't need to purchase.

So I don't have to come shopping, says Terence.

What will you do instead? asks Gaius.

Sing to the sharks, says Terence.

What an idea, says Denis. 

It's a nice idea, says Roo-kai. Terence and I will spend time on the beach while you do your shopping.

Very well, says Gaius. We'll drop you there, on our way. 

Yay! says Terence. 

Gaius lifts Terence into his backpack

Gaius and Denis cycle to the nearest beach, which is close by the marina.

Gaius drops Terence off at the spot where Roo-kai is waiting.

You fly fast, says Terence.

I know, says Roo-kai. Let's go down to the beach.

Terence goes down the steps and runs over the sand to the water.

He sits down on a hard ripple of sand.

O come sharks O come, sings Terence. 

A woman with a small child who is walking past looks disapproving.

O come sharks ! sings her small child, who may be small, but is big enough to sing.

That song is inappropriate, says the woman. We don't wan't sharks to come, we want them to stay out of the way.

Stay out of the way, sings Terence.

Stay out  of the way, sings the small child.

That's better, says the woman. She walks away with her child, who does not hear the next part of Terence's song.

Until you round up some fishies, sings Terence. Then chase them in.

That is probably something like what the Barngarla people would have sung, says Roo-kai. Except not in English.

And not 'stay out of the way', says Terence. I only sang that because of the lady.

It was good you did though, says Roo-kai. She might have reported you for trying to attract sharks.

I got myself out of trouble, says Terence.

Which is always a good thing, says Roo-kai.

But her kid learned a stupid song, says Terence.

O come sharks stay out of the way.

Maybe she'll make the kid change the first part, says Roo-kai.

The best part, says Terence.

Yes it is, says Roo-kai.

Terence tries to think what the lady might make her kid change the first part to.

O go sharks?

O ho sharks?

O hey?