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course for the rocks.
    The four children shouted out to one another as the Lazy Lucy headed towards the frothing waters.
    “All clear this side!” Sarah shouted.
    “You’re fine to go straight ahead,” Amy yelled.
    “Let’s do it.” Will pulled as hard as he could on the oars.
    The Lazy Lucy surged forward as it bobbed up and down on the waves, getting closer and closer to the opening. Closer, closer, and closer, and then they were through.
    “Yes!” Sarah yelled, happy. She turned to Will and smiled.
    Suddenly, the boat groaned, and the sound of breaking of wood filled the air. Sarah glanced down and saw that a rock had torn a small hole in the side of the boat.
    “Oh no!” Sarah shouted. “There’s a hole in the boat! We’re all going to drown!”
Chapter 7: The Disappearing Man
     
    Joe stared as water started pouring in the Lazy Lucy. “Blow! What are we going to do?”
    “Just hold on and pray that we don’t hit anything else,” Will yelled. Along with Joe, he rowed towards the cave and, a few moments later, the sailboat was successfully hidden from the outside.
    This was one problem solved, but they still had another problem to deal with, which was the water still pouring into the boat.
    Will hurried into the cabin and glanced around for something with which to bail out the water that was already filling the bottom of the small room. It would soon reach the tins of food that were tucked inside the little cupboard. This wasn’t so much of a problem since they were waterproof, but not so for the tents, books, and clothes that were just above the food.
    Will grabbed two plastic bowls and hurried back. He handed them to the girls. “Get to work.” He turned to Joe. “Come with me.”
    As the girls set to work getting as much of the water out as possible, the boys removed everything from the cabin and put it on the roof. The water slowly rose higher and higher. Soon, all of the children’s shoes were soaking wet.
    As Will finished removing everything from the cabin, he realised that the boat was no longer sinking. He quickly grabbed one of the poles from the tent and poked it into the water beside the boat.
    He grinned as the pole struck bottom roughly two feet down. “Hey! The sand’s just below us.” He looked over at the girls who were still furiously tossing the water out. “You can stop now.”
    “What? Why?” Amy asked.
    “The water will keep on coming in until the level in the boat is at the same level in the cave. And we’ve moved all the stuff out of harms way, so come and join us.” Will walked over to the cabin and climbed up onto the roof.
    The others quickly followed and, for the next minute or two, they watched the water slowly rise. As Will had predicted, once the water had risen to the same level as in the cave, it stopped flowing in.
    “So, what do we do now?” Sarah asked.
    “Well, we can wait for the water to go down, or we can jump in now and dry ourselves out by the beach,” Will said .
    “How deep did you say it was?” Amy questioned.
    “Well, it was two feet at one point, but it could be deeper or shallower somewhere else.” Will looked down at the foaming water. “I’ll test it.” After rolling up his trousers, he climbed down into the boat.
    Climbing over the side, he lowered himself into the water. He smiled as the water went only as far as his knees. “Looks good here. I’ll see how it is getting to the sand.”
    The others watched as Will slowly walked through the water and saw that it gradually became shallower. Within half a minute, he was on the dry sand. He turned and walked back through the water. “Deepest part is the start. Just walk where I walked. There’s no telling what will happen to you if you stray offline, so stay straight.”
    Following Will’s advice, the others waded into the water. Before long, and without any trouble, all four of them were sitting on the hot sand. However, the tents and other essentials had to be collected and so,