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Authors: Vickie McKeehan

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B
ut the
b
e
a
c
h
wa
s
e
mp
t
y
.

G
uinn
e
ss b
e
g
a
n to b
a
r
k
w
ild
l
y
. F
r
om the
c
o
r
n
e
r
of
h
e
r
e
y
e
, she
spi
e
d
a
b
od
y
f
lo
a
ti
n
g
in the
wa
t
er
,
fa
c
e
do
w
n.
I
n
s
tin
c
tiv
e
l
y
she
took out h
e
r
ce
ll phone
a
nd d
i
a
l
e
d
9
11.


I

ve
g
ot
a
pot
e
nti
a
l d
r
o
w
ning
vi
c
tim in Smug
g
l
e
r’
s B
a
y
.
T
h
e
r
e’
s a
m
a
n in dist
re
ss.
Ge
t
a
n
a
mbul
a
n
c
e
h
e
r
e
!
N
o
w
!

W
hile
she
t
a
lk
e
d, she
pull
e
d o
f
f
the
m
a
c
kin
a
w
a
nd
re
pl
a
c
e
d it
w
ith a
li
f
e
j
a
c
k
e
t, sh
r
ug
g
i
n
g
it on.

H
e
looks un
c
ons
c
ious.
I
c
ould t
a
ke
the
bo
a
t out but
I
might st
a
nd a
b
e
tt
e
r
c
h
a
n
c
e
if
I
simp
l
y
g
o in
a
nd t
r
y
to pull him out.”

“Y
ou shouldn

t do th
a
t.
W
a
it
f
or
the
E
M
T
s to
g
e
t
th
ere
,”
the
vo
i
c
e
on the
oth
e
r
e
nd of
the line
ca
ution
e
d.


I
wa
it;
c
h
a
n
ce
s
ar
e
h
e’
ll
b
e
g
o
n
e
f
or
s
u
re
.”

A
nd
w
ith th
a
t,
Ke
e
g
a
n t
o
ss
e
d the
phone
a
sid
e
, th
r
e
w
o
f
f
h
e
r
Raiders
ca
p, t
o
e
d o
f
f
h
e
r sho
e
s
a
nd
w
ithout
c
onsid
er
ing
t
h
e
c
ons
e
q
u
e
n
c
e
s, div
e
d into the
fr
i
g
id,
w
e
t
c
old of
the
P
ac
i
f
ic
Ocea
n.

A
t th
a
t mom
e
nt,
a
n inju
re
d s
e
a
lion
wa
s
n

t the
only
c
rea
t
u
r
e
in n
e
e
d of
s
a
v
i
n
g
.

 

Ch
a
pt
e
r
Tw
o

 

W
h
e
n
G
uinn
e
ss jump
e
d in
af
t
e
r
h
er
, she
shout
e
d,
“Y
ou
g
o b
ac
k,
g
o on n
o
w
,
G
uinn
e
ss.
G
o b
ac
k to sho
re
.
N
o
w
!

Ke
e
g
a
n
d
e
m
a
nd
e
d,
a
nd
wa
t
c
h
e
d
h
e
r
d
o
g
c
h
a
n
g
e
di
rec
tion,
re
lu
c
t
a
nt
l
y h
ea
di
n
g
b
ac
k to l
a
nd.

G
ood thing
too, b
e
c
a
use
now
w
h
e
r
e
the
sh
e
lf
d
r
o
p
p
e
d o
f
f
into d
ee
p
e
r
w
a
t
e
r
, she
st
r
ug
g
l
e
d mi
g
hti
l
y
w
ith the
r
ip
c
u
r
r
e
nt. She
h
a
d liv
e
d
ar
ound
the
wa
t
e
r
f
or
most of
h
e
r
li
fe
.
I
f
she
w
a
sn

t in it su
rf
ing
or
s
w
immi
n
g
o
r
n
e
tting
m
a
r
ine
m
a
mm
a
l
s,
s
h
e
wa
s on it.

B
ut no
w
, the
tide
k
e
pt p
u
lling
h
e
r
f
ar
th
e
r
out to s
ea
.

B
y
the
time
she
c
a
u
g
ht
u
p
w
ith the
m
a
n, he
wa
s s
t
ill
fac
e
do
w
n, not movin
g
.
A
nd th
e
y
wer
e
both a
good s
e
v
e
n
t
y
y
a
r
ds
fr
om sho
r
e
.
N
ot
o
n
l
y
th
a
t, it
fe
lt like
the
m
a
n
we
i
g
h
e
d
a
ton. She m
a
n
a
g
e
d to tu
r
n him ov
e
r
, t
r
i
e
d to g
e
t a
g
ood
g
r
ip
on him
ar
ound his n
ec
k.
She
b
e
g
a
n to s
w
im p
ara
ll
e
l to the
b
e
ac
h.

A
t this point, she
kn
e
w
f
i
g
hti
n
g
the
c
u
r
re
nt
w
ould
be
us
e
l
e
ss.
I
f
s
h
e
wa
s lu
c
k
y
she
m
i
g
ht be
a
ble
to t
r
e
a
d
wa
t
e
r
un
t
il the
p
ara
m
e
di
c
s sho
w
e
d
up.

She
bobb
e
d up
a
nd do
w
n
b
ef
o
r
e
rea
li
z
ing
th
a
t if
s
he
wa
it
e
d mu
c
h lo
n
g
e
r
to h
ea
d
f
or sho
re
, she
m
i
g
ht not be
a
ble
to
re
vive
the
g
u
y
on
c
e
she
g
ot him to the
b
ea
c
h.

B
e
c
a
use
of
t
h
a
t she
b
e
g
a
n to ki
c
k h
ar
d
e
r
a
nd mo
v
e
th
e
m south
war
d,
with
the
c
u
r
r
e
nt not
a
g
a
inst it. Sh
e’
d
g
o
n
e
w
h
a
t
fe
lt like
f
o
r
t
y
y
a
r
ds
a
cr
oss b
ef
o
r
e
s
h
e
r
e
c
o
g
ni
z
e
d the
tide
a
nd
c
u
r
re
nt h
a
d
c
h
a
n
g
e
d in h
e
r
f
a
vo
r
.
A
s soon
a
s th
a
t h
a
pp
e
n
e
d, on
l
y
th
e
n did she
b
e
g
i
n to ki
c
k
a
nd s
w
im h
ar
d
e
r
to
w
ar
d the
pi
e
r
.

H
is d
ea
d
we
i
g
ht p
r
e
v
e
nt
e
d h
e
r
fr
om
g
e
tti
n
g
him
a
l
l the
w
a
y
up on l
a
nd tho
u
g
h.
I
t took h
e
r
f
o
r
e
v
e
r
to d
ra
g
the
m
a
n th
r
ough sh
a
llow
wa
t
er
.
E
v
e
n th
e
n, she
c
oll
a
p
s
e
d on top of
a
s
a
n
d
y b
e
d of
g
ra
v
e
l
a
nd
r
o
c
ks to
g
e
t
h
e
r
b
r
ea
th b
a
c
k. She
g
l
a
n
ce
d
ar
ound
f
o
r
the
E
M
T
s.

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