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Then, Hannah says, C’mon,

I want you to try the slide.
She points to a thing like a bent waterfall.

We climb out of the water,

and Hannah goes first,
up the ladder next to the bent waterfall.

I climb up next,
and I look down at the rushing river in front of me.

I climb into it,
holding tight to the sides.

Go already!

Says the boy behind me

With a voice that wants me to move.
I let go.

Then I speed down the slide

like a boat caught in rapids,
and I shoot out the end

into the water.

I think I like this slide,
I tell Hannah.

She smiles.

We swim for a while,

and go down the slide again,
and Hannah shows me a long board

that you can bounce on and jump off.

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