Fat Boy Swim by Catherine Forde

Author:Catherine Forde [Forde, Catherine]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf, azw3
ISBN: 9781780311883
Google: Sd0BAQAAQBAJ
Amazon: B007BLMKPY
Publisher: Egmont UK
Published: 2012-02-01T00:00:00+00:00

That first stroke was the hardest. Not immediately, when the initial push-off carried Jimmy away from the side and out into the pool. That felt magic! Jimmy was weightless. Flying. Swimming. Then that momentum faded, and Jimmy began to sink towards the bottom of the pool. Game over. Wheech him out with the big hoop and call the paramedics.

Not today. Not after last night.

Through his goggles Jimmy could see GI Joe’s hands in the water ready to grab him. Ready to help him stand. Say, ‘Not bad, Jim. Let’s try it again.’

Not today. Not after last night.

Because Jimmy wasn’t ready to let his weight suck him to the bottom.

So he kicked. Not gracefully, but not disgracefully either. It was an instinctive frog-kick, strong enough to lift his legs into the horizontal position and keep him afloat. And so he kicked again, and again, and before he knew it, he was well past GI Joe. Kicking. Floating. Breathing. Swimming. All the way to the deep end.

His lungs were bursting as he grabbed the side, and hauled his head out of the water.

‘Yesss,’ he spluttered, imagining the Shadow Shape’s long fingers reaching down, shaking his hand.

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