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It was a lovely warm day so Greg and Casey and their family
decided to go for a walk on the beach at Crawfordsburn. |
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The beach and the sea looked beautiful but it was still too cold
to go swimming and they didn't want to build sand castles.
They walked along the path past the old boat house towards the
rocky coves. Greg wanted to explore rock pools and he had
brought his book about the Seashore with him. |
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Suddenly Greg pointed at a rock off the shore, "Look at all
those cormorants, Casey". They turned off the path... |
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and scrambled over the rocks. "Careful you don't slip on
the seaweed Casey" Greg told her but it was too late, Casey
already had her sandals off and was paddling in the water. |
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"Oh Casey" he grumbled, "now I won't be able to see any little
creatures, they will all be hiding in the seaweed". It
wasn't long though before he was dipping his feet into the cold
water too. "I've found an empty mussel shell" he said,
holding it up for her to see. |
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"What type of seaweed is this?" Casey asked Greg. "It's
bladder wrack" he told her. They stared into the pool to
see what else they could find. |
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"Let's go and look at that big pool over there Casey".
They set off across the rocks. |
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"Come and look at the different types of lichen", Greg called,
but Casey was busy looking at some seashells wedged among the
pebbles. |
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They rested on a comfortable seat shaped rock and Greg pointed
to the big pool nearby. They headed over to it and paddled
in the water. "You should pull up your trouser leg, Greg,
or it will get wet" Casey told him. Then pointing to a
rock jutting out of the water, "I'm going to sit on that rock
over there," she said, as she started to climb up the rocky
edge. "Casey...." but it was too late. |
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Casey stepped across towards the rock, lost her footing... and
with a squeal of shock fell into the water. "Are you
okay?" Greg asked as he paddled over to her. |
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"Gosh, the water is freezing," she gasped as she sat on the
rock. "I think I hurt my ankle". "Which one?" Greg
asked, "You are holding them both up!!" "Greg, Casey, will
you two be careful, please?" Their mum called over, from
where she was reading her newspaper. "We will", Greg
assured her. |
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"I know what I am going to do next!" Casey told him and before
he could stop her, she was in the water again. "You are
totally crazy!!" he shouted at her. "What on earth are you
doing?" "Can't you tell?" she giggled, "I'm the
little mermaid!" "You had better get some sense Casey,"
Greg told her crossly "mum is going to be angry!" "Oh,
don't be silly Greg," she said. |
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Next moment, "Mummmmmmy..." Casey wailed, "I fell in!" she
sobbed through chattering teeth. "Oh dear Casey, I did
tell you both to be careful. You had better take off those
wet clothes before you catch a chill" her concerned mother told
her, wrapping her up in a warm dry towel. |
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Greg shook his head in disbelief, "you REALLY should have been
more careful Casey, you could have hurt yourself when you fell
off the rock into the water". Wrapped in the big towel
Casey laughed. "I didn't get told off though, did I?"
They picked up their wet belongings and walked back along the
path towards the car park. |
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