Summary

Emily Windsnap is beginning high school and finally convinces her mother that she should join the swimming classes being offered. The water is a wonderful surprise, surrounding her and feeling as normal as though she’d been submersed in it her entire life – not for the first time today. She dips under the surface, and pushing off from the shallow end, she swims to the other side. One minute she is swimming like a fish and the next she feels her legs seize up. Unable to move she begins to panic, and Bob dives in to help. Emily tells him she can`t feel her legs and he tows her back to the steps. As soon as Emily is halfway out of the water, the feeling goes away and Bob checks her over before deciding that it was just a case of cramps...