A Wet Rescue
Chapter 2
The waves almost took his feet out from underneath him. He grabbed onto a rock poking out and pulled himself up against the rocks.
'Climb down and I will catch you." He called up to her when he regained his footing.
The young girl slowly slide to the edge and tried to lower herself on her stomach. She slid on the wet rocks and fell over the edge. Zorro caught her by the arm and pulled her up next to him.
"Shh, shh, you are safe now." He tried to calm the crying child down.
"We need to swim to the beach." He calmly said as he sat down and lowered himself down into the water. He reached up and helped the young girl down and pulled her close to his body so she would stay above water.
"We are going to be swimming over to that still part next to the beach." He pointed out to her.
They swam slowly until they reached the beach. Zorro picked the young girl up and carried her over to a dry rock and set her down carefully.
He went to get his cape, hat, and gloves.
He wrapped his dry cap around the cold and shivering girl, " This should help warm you up." He rubbed his hands up and down her freezing arms.
"We need to get you home. Where do you live?" Zorro asked as he started to look for some food in his saddle bags.
"Just over that hill. Mama sent me down here to wash the laundry. I got hot, so I thought it would be fun to swim, but it only got me in trouble." The young girl started to cry again.
He was not sure what to do now. He had a crying child that was wet and needed to get home. If he rode with her all wet she could catch a cold.
"What's your name?" Zorro asked her as he handed her a chunk of bread.
She ate the bread slowly and watched him pack the rest of the bread away in his saddle bag.
"My name is Catalina." She spoke quietly when he turned around to check on her.
"Nice to meet you Catalina. My name is Zorro." He smiled warmly as he introduced himself to her.
"How did you find me Zorro?" Catalina asked between bites of bread.
"I was patrolling the beach when I heard you cry for help." Zorro pulled the silk cape tighter around the girl when she started to shiver again.
"Thank you for helping me. Next time I will follow Mama's orders." Catalina smiled slowly and looked down at the ground.
Zorro noticed her shyness and laughed.
"Let me take a look at your foot." He sat down on the beach and slowly lifted her foot to rest it on his knee.
"Ouch." Catalina cried out in pain when her foot moved to much to one side.
"It feels like it might be a broken ankle, but I will have the doctor look at it as soon as possible." Zorro carefully set her injured foot down on the rock.
"I will be right back. I need to get a few supplies to bandage your ankle properly." He rushed off to gather a few strong sticks and a strip of cloth from his saddle bag.
Catalina watched him rush off with thankful eyes.