The three friends played together in the water for quite a while. Peter climbed a tall palm tree that sat at the water's edge, grabbed hold of a nearby vine and shouted "Cowabunga!" as he swung out over the water. He let go, did a somersault in the air and dove into the water.
Kara felt good to be able to play and have fun without the burden of her mom's rules.
"I'm getting hungry," said Kara to Peter.
"No problem. Wait here." Peter flew off into the woods.
Kara was in the middle of the pond treading water with her arms, which were getting extremely tired. She began to swim back to the shore. It was difficult because she had been swimming for so long and there was nobody to help her ashore. However, with considerable effort, she managed to reach the land, where she began to rest.
A short time later, Peter returned with some mangos and coconuts. Using his dagger as a chisel, he placed its tip on a coconut and drove it into the hard shell with a rock. The coconut split open. Peter handed it to Kara, who thanked him and began to eat it greedily. He cracked open another in the same manner for himself. After they finished the coconuts, they partook of the delicious mangos.
As soon as Kara was finished eating, she crawled across the sand and back into the water. Peter sat with his back against a tree and began softly playing his pan flute.
A duck came gliding down from above and landed in the water. Kara watched as he swam a few feet and then he dove beneath the surface. She followed him under and saw him chasing schools of small fish. Curious to watch, she pursued him deeper and deeper into the pond. Kara had finally reached the bottom when she felt her muscles begin to cramp. She also felt a pain in her stomach. Her lungs started craving a fresh breath of air.
The duck grabbed a fish in his beak then shot to the surface. Kara began swimming upwards as well, but the muscle cramps prevented it. Her lungs felt as if they were on fire as they continued to beg for air. She reached up with her hands and as she forced them out and downwards to push her way back to the surface, excruciating pain shot through her shoulders.
She sank back to the bottom and lost all hope. She was unable to make it to the surface. Her mom's rules echoed in her mind. "Don't swim twenty minutes after eating, Kara..." "Don't swim without a grownup, Kara..." "Don't swim too deep, Kara.
Her lungs burned. Her heart pounded in terror. Her vision began to fade. Just then, a large grey blurry object floated up beside her. She weakly grabbed hold of it and it towed her back to the surface. The instant her head came above the water, Kara quickly took in a huge breath filling her lungs with fresh oxygen. After catching her breath, she turned and saw that her rescuer was a fresh water dolphin. The rare water creature chirped and chattered as it dragged her to the shore. As soon as Kara was safely on dry land, it swam away and disappeared before she even had a chance to say 'thank you'.
"What happened?" Peter asked as he walked up to her.
Kara turned her eyes from the water to Peter. "I almost drowned! I was down at the bottom and I got a cramp and couldn't get back up again! Then that thing that looked like an ugly dolphin pulled me up."
"That was a fresh water dolphin, Kara. Are you okay now?"
"I think so. Just let me rest for a few minutes."
"Alright. Then I'll show you the rest of the island!" said Peter excitedly.
A few minutes later, Tinkerbell gave Kara a fresh sprinkle of pixie dust and the three flew off down the mountain.
As they left, a raven who was hiding in one of the trees took to the air and followed behind them.