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Hey guys, sorry for the long wait, I've been really busy with school and other stuff. Anyway, hear is the next chapter. Enjoy!
Shira beat Diego to the beach. Diego wasn't surprised. She was a faster runner than he was, but he was stronger.
"So, you were going to teach me to swim?" Shira asked expectantly.
"Yes."
"Well?"
"Well, first you have to get in the water." Diego teased.
"Well no duh!"
"ok, ok. Lesson begins now."
Diego walked into the shallows. He turned to see Shira just standing at the edge of the water, unsure of whether or not to follow him.
"You know, you have to get in the water before you can swim." Diego said, getting a little impatient.
Shira slowly waded in after him.
"K. So, basically.. Erm. How to explain it. You basically stalk prey in water.
"What?!" Shira exclaimed, confused and bewildered.
"You know, stalk prey. Claw, kick, claw, kick." Diego swam around Shira as she watched with interest.
"O. K?" Shira copied Diego. Within minutes the two were swimming around and laughing.
"O.k. I taught you how to swim. Now you hold up your end of the deal." Diego said when they finally returned to the shore.
"O.k. well, first we should find some fish. So… you look over there and I'll look over here."
They split up and searched different ends of the beach. Diego found a deep tide pool filled with ish that couldn't escape. The perfect spot to fish because they had until the tide came in to catch as many of th 20 fish in the pool as they wanted.
Shira continued the lesson.
"So, you unsheathe your claws and hook the fish like this." Shira demonstrated and caught a fish effortlessly.
Diego tried and fell almost fell into the pool. Shira laughed at him.
"Try again!" She said, though it was almost unintelligible because she was laughing.
Diego finally got the hang of it and the wo caught a nice meal of about 5 fish each.
As they ate, Shira asked Diego about how he had learned to swim.
"Well, it's a long story." He said.
"We've got all afternoon. It's not like we have to be anywhere anytime soon."
So Diego told her about Sid's water park and the vultures and meeting Ellie and the Flood and basically everything that happened in Ice Age 2. (If you have seen the movie, you'll get it. That's the inly way I can describe it.)
"And that's how I know how to Swim." Diego finished after about half an hour of explaining.
Shira looked at him with a disbelieving face. "Seriously." She said. "A sloth taught you how to swim. Not even. SID taught you to swim."
"Sometimes I find it hard to believe myself." Diego replied. Then he got a thoughtful look on his face. "How do you know how to Fish."
"My pack lived by a river with lots of fish in it. I watched sabers fish. I left before I got to try it myself. When I joined Guts crew, I remembered watching my Pack fish and practiced when we went ashore. I eventually got good at it and would catch a bunch of fish eachtime we went to the shore and store them in the ice of the ship."
"Oh. Well, that makes sense."
"Yeah. Makes allot more sense than a sloth teaching a saber to swim."
They looked at eachother and laughed.
The bushes moved behind them, even though there was no wind, and there was a very quiet giggle followed by three shooshes.
They looked at eachother.
"We should probably head back now." Suggested Shira.
"Good idea."
So the tigers got up and walked back to the clearing where the herd had made their home.
So, Diego teaches Shira to swim, and Shira gives Diego a fishing lesson. What do you think. I will try to Update as soon as I can. Please Review!
