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It made him sad to think that he couldn't go. He wanted to go, though, so he kept on thinking up ideas.
 
It made him sad to think that he couldn't go. He wanted to go, though, so he kept on thinking up ideas.
  
What if he swam? Or surfed? No, that's not practical. He wasn't sure if the river near his home connected to the sea.
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What if he swam? No, that's not practical. He wasn't sure if the river near his home connected to the sea.
  
 
Or what if he took a boat? But he didn't have a boat, or a boat ticket, or a friend with a boat. And there was still the problem of getting from the river to the sea.
 
Or what if he took a boat? But he didn't have a boat, or a boat ticket, or a friend with a boat. And there was still the problem of getting from the river to the sea.
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"I'm going to the sea, and I heard there are pirates and cannibals who would eat me."
 
"I'm going to the sea, and I heard there are pirates and cannibals who would eat me."
  
"Oh!" screamed the woman. "You're right to be scared. The sea is a dangerous place. There are also sharks and whales that will eat you."
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"Oh!" screamed the woman. "You're right to be scared. The sea is a dangerous place. There are also sharks that will eat you."
  
 
The boy became even sadder, but he kept on going. He had learned that sometimes you have to take risks and work hard to accomplish anything valuable.
 
The boy became even sadder, but he kept on going. He had learned that sometimes you have to take risks and work hard to accomplish anything valuable.
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Until he came upon coral reefs! The intricate shapes had fish of all different colors swimming among them. He could also see other bizarre animals and plants. There were clams, worms, crabs, sponges, animals the boy had never seen before, and millions of organisms so small that the boy couldn't even see them, he had to imagine them instead! Swimming down beneath the ocean was like going to a different world, one of the most beautiful places he had ever seen!
 
Until he came upon coral reefs! The intricate shapes had fish of all different colors swimming among them. He could also see other bizarre animals and plants. There were clams, worms, crabs, sponges, animals the boy had never seen before, and millions of organisms so small that the boy couldn't even see them, he had to imagine them instead! Swimming down beneath the ocean was like going to a different world, one of the most beautiful places he had ever seen!
  
The boy had a sudden flash of inspiration and figured out that while the reefs looked like rocks, the corals were actually colonies of many tiny animals! He wrote out his thoughts on a waterproof phone:
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The boy had a sudden flash of inspiration and figured out that while the reefs looked like rocks, the corals were actually colonies of many tiny animals! The soft little animals would eat their sea food then deposit small pieces of skeleton, which built up into huge interesting shapes and colors! This same process had produced some of the sea's sand, combined with rocks crumbling in the waves! Also the corrals would release their offspring into the sea at full moon.
  
:The soft little animals would eat their sea food then deposit small pieces of skeleton, which built up into huge interesting shapes and colors! This same process had produced the sea's sand, combined with rocks crumbling in the waves! Also the corrals would release their offspring into the sea at full moon.
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While thinking about the sea he realized that there weren't any humans around back when these primitive sea creatures first appeared, so humans must have evolved from the sea monsters. ''Wait! Does that mean that those strange sea creatures are my great-great-great-great-grandparents?! I guess they kind of look like me.''
 
 
:There weren't any humans around back when these primitive sea creatures first appeared, so humans must have evolved from the sea monsters. Wait! Does that mean that those strange sea creatures are my great-great-great-great-grandparents?! I guess they kind of look like me.
 
  
 
While thinking of strange sea creatures and evolution and the construction of sand and corral reefs, the boy accidentally swam into an underwater city! He had found the lost city of Atlantis! The boy looked around in wonder. It was an amazing place, with ornamental castles and convoluted channels.
 
While thinking of strange sea creatures and evolution and the construction of sand and corral reefs, the boy accidentally swam into an underwater city! He had found the lost city of Atlantis! The boy looked around in wonder. It was an amazing place, with ornamental castles and convoluted channels.

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