Then, one at a time, he told us to let go of the edge. He showed us that if we somehow fell to the bottom, we could use our arms and legs to propel us upward. He modeled treading water, which looked like riding a bike, except if you fall off, you drown. He got the class to kick our way to the deep end while holding on to kickboards, and then he took them away and we all clung to the pool’s edge as if we were hanging over the Grand Canyon.
It’s Archenemies’s law,” the guy said, and I resisted the urge to correct him by saying, “Archimedes.” When you attend a fancy boarding school, it’s best not to be a know-it-all on your winter break. “You don’t have to be afraid of the water. The instructor, maybe two years older than me, had a thick beard, like you could hide a full-grown blue ay in there. I offered my lesson to Luke, but he wanted us to do it together, so I gave it a try. Also, it was three degrees outside, so the idea of being in a bathing suit, even inside, was not appealing. I wasn’t so sure I needed to add swimming to my life, as I’d gotten along just fine without it for seventeen years. My brother, Luke, and I got one lesson each as our Christmas present, mostly because Luke wanted to learn.
And everything else in my life.Īccording to the swim instructor at the Gilford gym, I had the worst buoyancy of any human he’d ever seen. I may not have known you as a teenage r, but your voice gave birth to Ben, and I am forever grateful to you for that. Title Pag Pagee Dedication Dedicati on Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 9 Chapter 10 Chapter 11 Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20 Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27Ĭhapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30 Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39 Chapter 40 Chapter 41 Chapter 42 Chapter 43 Chapter 44 Chapter 45 Chapter 46 Chapter 47 Chapter 48 Chapter 49 Acknowledgments About the Auth Author or Copyrightįor Chuck Cahoy, always.
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