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Show Fair Forever.. ,108 head against the doorframe. 'Cornelius is sensitive and shy, Bradley. Like you. And he's ancient. And very wise. He knows things. She crossed her arms. He's beautiful. And huge! I was scared at first. I was feeling proud of myself for rowing so well, when suddenly the water swelled, and I thought for a moment that the sea was trying to swallow me up. I grabbed the oars to try to escape but then the water washed away, and there he was-a beautiful sea turtle as big as your skiff Maybe bigger. He used his flippers to swim closer to the boat. I started to worry. Iwasn 't sure of his intentions. . . But then I laughed.' 'Why would you laugh?' Tasked. She chuckled. 7 couldn 't help it. He . . . looked kind of cross-eyed, you see. Like, he needs spectacles. It's preposterous, I know. But he was looking straight at me with kind ofasquint, andthat's what Ithought.' . 'Do turtles need glasses?' I asked. I had never heard of such a thing. 7 don't know,' she answered. 'After he got a good look at me, he swam back a little, like he was apologizing for being so frightening. And I laughed again. I told him he wasn 't frightening at all. He looked a little disappointed. That's when I suddenly , realized he was undecided.' ; • \ ' , 'Undecided? . ' . - 7 .'About where he was migrating'.^ , •• _ \ . 7 - Amanda's story was growing more strange. 'Don't turtles have some kind of built in navigation? Don't they migrate thousands of miles every.year?' 'They do,' she answered, her voice sounding like a dream. 'And that's just it, you see. I could, tell Cornelius wanted to be someplace else.' , |