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quite a tee Day, "if you don't try It's so

easy: look here!"

He swaan

swi slowly back

"Go on--faster," I cried, for I was interested

"Can't," he cried, "tide runs so sharp If I didn't ht away Come in I'll soon teach you"

I shook my head

"Oh, you are a fellow Come on"

"No, I sha'n't bathe," I said in a doubtful tone

"Oh, here's a chap! I say isn't he a one! Always tied to his : can't play cricket, or rounders, or football, and can't

swi now out of theirabout and enjoying the water, but neither of

them went far from the bank

"I say, why don't you come in?" cried the boy who jumped in feet first

"You will like it so"

"Yes: co, and try to swim I can take five strokes Look

here"

I watched while the boy went along puffing and panting, and

"Get out!" said the other; "he has got one leg on the ground This is

the way to learn to swim Look here, Dennison, my father showed me"