Emma

I gulped the air, then dived pulling my arms through the silent water till the lake-floor emerged in front of me. As my Dad helped me heave away a rock I froze in anticipation. then I saw it scuttling along the sandy bottom, a crawly, I lunged for it  but missed. My lungs burning I rose to the surface for air. Determined to get that little escapee I headed back down. Where was he? Stirred up sand helped camouflage the crawly, the only thing I could see was a wavering blue and yellow flipper. The crawly escaped but next time I'm at Kai iwi Lakes I will catch one.