I came up for fresh air and realized I was miles from home farther away than I'd ever been on my own. Soon the water got warmer again as I came to another shallow part. They were covered in prickly black sea urchins, and I wouldn't be thrilled to get one of those stuck on my tail. Then the water would suddenly get colder and deeper as I went over a rocky part. Wispy little sticklike creatures as thin as paper wriggled along beneath me, almost see-through against the sand. The fat gray fish were replaced by stripy yellow-and-blue ones with floppy silver tails, long thin green ones with spiky antennae and angry mouths, orange ones with spotted black fins-all darting purposefully around me.Įvery now and then, I swam across a shallow sandy stretch. It was like switching from grainy black-and-white film into color. As I swam around the rocks at the end of the bay, the water became clearer and softer.
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