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“Yeee-ahhh!”

The shout was coe splash that followed it

Duck sat up on his raft

Water sloshed over him Someone was in the water His water

Two e and there were two more shouts, followed by two more cannonball splashes

“Hey!” Duck yelled

One of the kids was a jerk naht away

“Hey!” he yelled again

“Who are you yelling at?” Zil demanded

“This is et your own pool”

Duck are that he was sh to feel bold The float sank beneath him and he wondered if one of the boys had poked a hole in it

“I’uys take off”

“He’s serious,” one of the boys mocked

Before he knew it Zil was leaping up frorabbed Duck by the neck Duck was plunged underwater, gasping, choking, sucking water into his nose

He surfaced with difficulty, fighting with suddenly leaden arms to stay afloat