We were chatting with a group of local boaters on the docks. One of the children of a liveaboard family, a little eleven year old girl, went scooting by on her long board. She shouted something cheeky to her mom as she was zooming past and her mom chuckled and taunted back that karma would get her for that. We all had a laugh.
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| The guys. Plotting their rescue. |
Not ten seconds later that little cheeky monkey was back in tears. She had lost control of her long board and into the water it went. (We were impressed with mom's abilities and took note not to ever cross her!)
Boaters quickly gathered, poking around with boat hooks etc, trying to find it. It was in about six or seven feet of very murky river water. No luck.
The next day a bunch of guys spent quite a bit of time strategizing and dragging anchors back and forth in the area it was last seen, trying to hook it. The poor little girl was inconsolable.
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| Hooray!!!! |
Eventually a diver who was in the marina cleaning boat bottoms volunteered to have a quick look. Mom explained that she couldn't afford to pay him.
It took about half an hour but he saved the day! The little girl was delighted! The guys plied him with free beer.
I just love a happy ending.
The next day a bunch of guys spent quite a bit of time strategizing and dragging anchors back and forth in the area it was last seen, trying to hook it. The poor little girl was inconsolable.
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