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My cousin Eric was three years older than me. He was bigand strong and he always wanted to bully (欺负)1.
Near my town, there was a beautiful2, where kids nearby often swam in summer. Over it was a bridge. Whenwe were in the river, Eric always tried to3me and hold me under. Iwould dive (潜水) down before he could reach me. When I came up to the surface milesaway, he was still there,4 me.
Other kids would shout," Hey, he's a fish!" Ericsaid," No, he's a shrimp (虾) !"I replied," Better than a5whale!"
One day, we were about to leave after swimming6a car unexpectedly rushed out of the bridge and fell onto the water.Eyes widely open, all of us were too surprised to say a word. Then someonecried," Oh, no! The drive."
Eric shouted to the other kids," Go and get7." Then he turned to me, "Jack, you're the underwaterswimmer! Let's try to pull the8 out." With these words, he jumped into thewater. I couldn't9 that it was Eric, a bully in my eyes. I took abreath and followed him.
The car lay on one side. We tried to open the door, but10. Eric lifted a rock and broke the windscreen.11 the broken windscreen, I gotinto the car and opened the door.
Eric caught hold of the driver and tried his best to pull(拉) himout12 and swam towards the surface.
I tried to follow,13 the water was turning black infront of me. I was falling. I thought I was going to14, just at that moment, a strong arm reached down and held me. Backto the river bank, Eric looked at me," You OK?" I said yes tohim." Not bad for a shrimp." he joked.
I was to answer back, but from my mouth came" Not badfor a15 whale.
It was then that I realized Eric was not" a fatwhale" at all.