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Perhaps a tiht to share this with the others On that day, she would lead them to the boat and show them what she had discovered But not just yet For now--like her journals and the story they told--it would be her secret, this raved upon the transom of a derelict lifeboat

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OSLO, NORWAY

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Carter held his breath as long as he could Bubbles rose around his face; his lungs were screah in fact it was only a few feet Finally he could endure it no longer He pushed off and zoo into the su to his back She earing a pink two-piece suit and cobalt-blue goggles that hed, "just give me a second Besides, it’s Riley’s turn"

Haley’s sister was sitting on the pool deck, dangling her feet in the water Her bathing suit was one piece, green, with a flouncy skirt and a single plastic daisy appliquéd onto one shoulder strap; she earing orange water wings Carter could toss her into the water for hours without her getting bored

"Again! Again!" dearden She was dressed in shorts and a white T-shirt streaked with dirt; on her head, a broad straw hat In one gloved hand she held a pair of shears, in the other a basket of freshly cut flowers of various types and colors

"Girls, let Anthony catch his breath"

"I don’tto the side "It’s no bother"

"See?" said Haley "He says he doesn’tpolite" Rachel reloves and dropped them into the basket Her face shone with sweat and sun "How about some lunch?"

"What do we have?" Haley asked

"Let s?"

"Yay! Hot dogs!"

Rachel broke into a ss it shall be Do you want one, Anthony?"

He nodded "I can always take a hot dog"

She returned to the house Carter cliirls