A Smidgen of Sky
“I’d swim out, touch that island, and circle back before anybody even missed me. I kept up a steady pace as long as I could, resisting the urge to look back. After a while, though, my arms started to burn, and I stopped to get my bearings. I couldn’t believe it. The darn island had moved way off to my left. It didn’t look much closer than it had from the beach. I figured I should turn around. I almost wanted to. But for some crazy reason, I kept paddling, glancing up every few seconds to keep a ...straight course.
Fear of drowning was about all that kept me going, because by the time I finally reached the island, my arms were so dead that I couldn’t even haul myself out of the water. I grabbed hold of a big bunch of scrub grass and hung on till my heart slowed a bit and I could finally muster the strength to climb into the mess of weeds.
The kids on the floatie were playing around, making as much ruckus as a bunch of stuck pigs. Nobody said anything to me, but I could tell by their looks that they didn’t figure I had any right to invade their privacy.MoreLess
Fear of drowning was about all that kept me going, because by the time I finally reached the island, my arms were so dead that I couldn’t even haul myself out of the water. I grabbed hold of a big bunch of scrub grass and hung on till my heart slowed a bit and I could finally muster the strength to climb into the mess of weeds.
The kids on the floatie were playing around, making as much ruckus as a bunch of stuck pigs. Nobody said anything to me, but I could tell by their looks that they didn’t figure I had any right to invade their privacy.MoreLess
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