My Ninja Olympics Embarrassment

Luckily I can’t find the pictures online

Photo by Abolfazl eslami on Unsplash

Koka Ninja Village, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
The noise of the crowd around the muddy pond faded as I concentrated on my goal. I furiously clawed at the bottom of the pond with my long bamboo pole.

My too-tight lime green ninja loaner suit was getting tighter as I strained to drag myself to…