DEEP WATER |
CLASS 12 ENGLISH
Author WILLIAM DOUGLAS / Excerpt from :- Of Men and Mountains
NOTES
BY SIMRAN SAHNI
, SWIMMING AT YMCA
● WILLIAM DOUGLAS DECIDED TO LEARN SWIMMING WHEN HE
WAS 10 OR 11 YEARS OLD.
● AT YMCA POOL IN YAKIMA , RIVER
● YAKIMA RIVER WAS DANGEROUS,HIS MOTHER WARNED
AGAINST IT .
● YMCA POOL SAFE 2 OR 3 FEET DEEP SHALLOW END AND 9
FEET DEEP AT OTHER
● PAIR OF WATER WINGS,WENT TO POOL
● DOUGLAS WAS FEELING SHY IN SKINNY LEGS BUT SUBDIED
HIS PRIDE
CHILDHOOD AVERSION TO WATER
● WHEN DOUGLAS WAS 3 OR 4 YEARS OLD
● FATHER TOOK HIM TO CALIFORNIA BEACH FOR SURFING.
WAVES KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND SWEPT OVER HIM.
● FATHER LAUGHED AT HIM
● TERRORIZE WITH FORCE OF WATER WAVES
YMCA POOL
● REVIVED UNPLEASANT MEMORIES.AND CHILDHOOD FEAR
● BUT HE GAINED CONFIDENCE AND WITH WATER WINGS TRIED
TO LEARN HOW TO SIM APING OTHER BOYS
● WHEN HE DID THUS 3 TO 4 TIMES AND WAS FEELING
COMFORTABLE WHEN MISADVENTURES HAPPENED !
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CLASS 12 ENGLISH
Author WILLIAM DOUGLAS / Excerpt from :- Of Men and Mountains
NOTES
BY SIMRAN SAHNI
, SWIMMING AT YMCA
● WILLIAM DOUGLAS DECIDED TO LEARN SWIMMING WHEN HE
WAS 10 OR 11 YEARS OLD.
● AT YMCA POOL IN YAKIMA , RIVER
● YAKIMA RIVER WAS DANGEROUS,HIS MOTHER WARNED
AGAINST IT .
● YMCA POOL SAFE 2 OR 3 FEET DEEP SHALLOW END AND 9
FEET DEEP AT OTHER
● PAIR OF WATER WINGS,WENT TO POOL
● DOUGLAS WAS FEELING SHY IN SKINNY LEGS BUT SUBDIED
HIS PRIDE
CHILDHOOD AVERSION TO WATER
● WHEN DOUGLAS WAS 3 OR 4 YEARS OLD
● FATHER TOOK HIM TO CALIFORNIA BEACH FOR SURFING.
WAVES KNOCKED HIM DOWN AND SWEPT OVER HIM.
● FATHER LAUGHED AT HIM
● TERRORIZE WITH FORCE OF WATER WAVES
YMCA POOL
● REVIVED UNPLEASANT MEMORIES.AND CHILDHOOD FEAR
● BUT HE GAINED CONFIDENCE AND WITH WATER WINGS TRIED
TO LEARN HOW TO SIM APING OTHER BOYS
● WHEN HE DID THUS 3 TO 4 TIMES AND WAS FEELING
COMFORTABLE WHEN MISADVENTURES HAPPENED !
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