Hero of Hawaii
“I looked over my shoulder at the beach. A small crowd was waiting: Mom, Stella, Darci, Clarence’s cousin Rudy the cop, the rescue truck crew, the boys who’d watched me sail out to sea, and some other people.
“Hang on,” Clarence said.
I turned back just as he dug the oars into the water and pulled hard, one, two, three times. Then, using the oars like rudders, we caught a wave and sailed in, all the way to the beach.
The bow thunked sand.
The crowd clapped and cheered.
The three boys ran up to g...rab the skiff.
Streak jumped out and ran up the beach. Clarence stowed the oars, and the two of us stepped out into the water.
Stella ran down and flung her arms around Clarence. “Whoa,” he said. “I not going anywhere.”
“I can’t believe you did that!” Stella said.
“What? Catch a wave with the boat?”
“No, silly, swim out to get Calvin and Willy!”
Clarence waved that off. “Pfff. Anybody do that.”
Mom and Darci crushed me with hugs as everyone crowded in around us.
Clarence put his big hand on my head.MoreLess
“Hang on,” Clarence said.
I turned back just as he dug the oars into the water and pulled hard, one, two, three times. Then, using the oars like rudders, we caught a wave and sailed in, all the way to the beach.
The bow thunked sand.
The crowd clapped and cheered.
The three boys ran up to g...rab the skiff.
Streak jumped out and ran up the beach. Clarence stowed the oars, and the two of us stepped out into the water.
Stella ran down and flung her arms around Clarence. “Whoa,” he said. “I not going anywhere.”
“I can’t believe you did that!” Stella said.
“What? Catch a wave with the boat?”
“No, silly, swim out to get Calvin and Willy!”
Clarence waved that off. “Pfff. Anybody do that.”
Mom and Darci crushed me with hugs as everyone crowded in around us.
Clarence put his big hand on my head.MoreLess
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