He whined, pulled
and tugged to get away from Bert.
"Help me hold him!" cried Bert to Nan.
"I will!" she answered, glad to be doing something. Together the two
older Bobbsey twins managed to keep Snap back. Dorothy, too, helped,
for Snap was very strong.
"Did Flossie go after a fish?" asked Freddie, and he asked it in such
a queer way that it would have caused a laugh at any other time. Just
now every one was too frightened to laugh.
After all, there really was not so much danger. Mr. Bobbsey had taught
Flossie some of the things one must do when learning to swim, and that
is to hold your breath when you are under water. For it is the water
getting into the lungs that causes a person to drown. After her first
plunge into the creek, the little girl thought of what her father had
told her, and did hold her breath.
"I--I'll get you!" called Harry to her. "Don't be afraid, Flossie!
I'll get you!"
Flossie was too much out of breath to answer, so she did not try to
speak. Harry was soon at her side, and called to her:
"Now put your hands on my shoulders, Flossie, and I'll swim to the
boat with you. Don't try to grab me around the neck."
Harry knew how dangerous it was for a person trying to rescue another
in the water to be choked. Flossie was a wise little girl, even if she
was not very old.
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