My First Time on Ice

               I was at Rockville Ice Arena. First a large Zamboni ( a Zamboni is a large machine that puts ice on the rink. When I stepped on the ice, Whoa!  It was real slippery! I figured that some of the water that came from the ice wasn't completely dry. I almost fell but I held on to the wall just before I fell. I held the wall for a long time so I could get used to skate. After a while I fell. To get back up you have to put one leg up. Then you put all your body weight on that leg and stand up. Now I could go to the middle of the rink and come back to the wall. I fell a lot of times so don't feel bad if you keep on falling. I learned that you skate by putting all your weight on one leg and push with the other. After that you glide and wait until your skates start slowing down. After I got a hang of it, I started skating in a circle like most of the people in the rink did. I saw some of my sister's friends with their parents. Their parents started to help me on the ice because I wasn't really good at it. They told me first to walk. After that they told me that I should walk faster and glide. I did what they told me to do and I was pretty fast. Then the Zamboni had to put more ice on the rink again because the ice was melting away. When I got on the ice again it was slippery but I didn't fall down. I helped my sister when she fell down to get back up by holding my hand so she can reach it and hold it then she can stand. If you are going to crash into someone or something you can ether turn or use your brakes. If you want to use your brakes, you make sure your feet are not close to each other and put the front of your skate's blade next to the other so your feet will look like a "V''. If you choose to turn you turn your body around and change the direction of your skates. Also I did two tricks on the ice. One of them included a cone. you skate and glide over a cone. In the other one you might fall. You bend your knees and jump. I did those tricks for a long time and practice was over so I  went home. That was a great experience I will never forget!