Otter's First Swim

Early morning at low tide, three little otters were led by their mother over the rocks and over the seaweed to the shoreline. It is time now for your swimming lesson, she said. You'll love swimming. But the little otters are not so certain, and as their mother starts to pick them up one by one, the littlest escapes. He suns himself on a rock, and falls asleep until he hears his family whistling. Water has surrounded his rock and now he must make a decision...