Snorkling is the best way
to meet the creatures that live in the lake.
Sam and Meg might see schools of golden shiners that catch the underwater sun.
They might see bluegills and perch, redbellied dace, and a painted turtle scuttling away.
They might see the rare freshwater sponge: long thin fingers reaching from a sunken branch, green in the sunshine, or white in the dark beneath a bog. Do you dare to shake hands with those white fingers?
They might see bullfrog tadpoles, six inches long, feasting on a carpet of algae.
They might see a crayfish, waving its warning claws at them from its lair of dead leaves on the bottom.
They might see a salamander, pale green with bright red spots, floating absolutely weightless two feet beneath the surface, until with a wag of its tail it zips off and vanishes.
Sam and Meg might see so many things, as they swim with a mask and snorkle through the lilypads.
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