It was Sunday afternoon. Maggie sat, putting her 1 into the blue water of her family's new swimming pool. She had been expecting the pool for months. 2 , she didn't feel so happy.
As soon as her mom asked what was wrong, Maggie replied, "Amelia is 3 of the water. She doesn't know how to swim. I thought that 4 would be playing with me in the pool all summer. I miss Amelia. Nothing is fun 5 her."
"Why don't you invite her to come over? Maybe we can help her feel 6 in the water. Don't you still remember 7 we taught your little brother to swim? Now, he swims like a dolphin." Maggie looked a little more 8 . "You're right. I think I'll call Amelia right now." Later that afternoon, Amelia came with her dad. "Are you sure you don't want me to stay?" her dad asked. Amelia 9 , "I think I'm ready to do this."
"Great. I'll be back in a couple of 10 , okay?" said her dad. Amelia nodded again and sat on the side of the pool.
All afternoon, Maggie and her mom worked with Amelia in the water. When dad came to 11 his daughter, everyone was surprised the time had gone so 12 .
"Watch this, dad," shouted Amelia, "I can float on my back." She proudly showed him her new 13 .
"This is amazing!" said Amelia's dad. "You two must be great teachers."
Maggie and her mom 14 at each other. "I think Amelia was just ready to learn," said Maggie's mom. "She made up her 15 to swim and did all the work herself."
"Can we come back tomorrow, dad?" asked Amelia. Everyone laughed.
