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                                                                    Water.

                                  I've always been a bit of an otter,
                                                   Enjoying very much the water.
                                                   When feeling hot,
                                                   Feeling dry,
                                                   Barren as the Sahara,
                                                   Oh its enough to make me cry!
                                                   Until into the water I dive.

                                                   Splash! I am bathed in cool! 
                                                   Quickly enveloped in the pool!
                                                   The surface is a ceiling,
                                                   The world around me is blue,
                                                   Truly this is what I love to do.

                                                   I'm light as feather and able to fly,
                                                   Down, down as if diving out of
                                                   The sky!
                                                   Twisting and twirling,
                                                   Bubbles in my ears singing,
                                                  All is quiet,
                                                   My mind is at rest,
                                                   Indeed being in water is the best.


                                                                                 E.J. Norris.