FLAMI

NGO

Lesson-3

DEEPWATER

Page27

Answer1

Will
iam Douglas'
sfir
stexperi
enceinwat erwasatt heageof3or4y earol
d.Hehadgonewi t
h
hisfathertoabeachinCalif
ornia.Whil
esur fi
ngawav epushedhi m downandsweptoverhim.
Foral i
ttl
ewhilehewasbur i
edinwat er
,feltsuff
ocatedandf r
ight
ened.Thi
sdevel
opedinhima
fearofwat er.
Ongrowinguphedeci dedt oov er
comei t.HejoinedtheYMCApool t
olearn
swimmi ng.Butbeforehecouldlearntoswi m proper
lyanol derboythrewhi
mintothepool.He
nearlydrowned,butwasfortunatel
ysavedbyot hersar ound.Thisshookhi
m badl
y.It
s
memor i
eshauntedhimforal ongti
me.

Answer2

WhenDouglaswast hr
ownint
othepool
bytheol
derboyhewasf r
ight
enedbutnotoutofhi
s
wi
ts.Whil
edrowninghepl
annedhowtocomebacktothesurf
ace.Butthi
ngsdi
dnotturnoutas
pl
anned.Hefai
ledinhi
satt
empts.Hewoul
dhavedrownedhadthepeoplear
oundnotsavehim.

Hewentfrom f
eartoexhaust
ionandf
inal
l
ysubmi ssi
on.Thenj
ustbef
orebecomi
ng
unconsci
oushefel
trel
axed.Ther
ewasnof earorpani
c.

Answer3

Theneardeathexper
ienceaff
ect
edDougl
asgreatl
y.I
t'
shadastr
ongi
mpactonhim
psychologi
cal
ly
.Ahauntingf
earofwat
erdev
elopedinhi
m.Hecoul
dnotenj
oyanywat
err
elat
ed
act
ivit
iesforal
ongti
me.

Page29

Answer1

Afterhi
smi sadventur
eatthepoolDougl
ascouldnotenjoyanywat err
elat
edacti
vit
iesl
ike
canoing,
boat i
ng,swimming,f
ishi
ngextr
a.Hewishedtoenj oyt
hem.Hewant edtoregai
nhis
l
ostconfidence.Thatiswhyhedecidedtogetani
nstructorandlear
ntoswimtil
ltherewasno
fearofwaterlefti
nhim.

Answer2

Thei
nst
ruct
ort
rai
nedDougl
asst
epbyst
ep.Fort
hef
ir
stt
hreemont
hsheat
tachedar
opet
othe
beltofDougl
asandmadehi mjustgobackandf or
thacrossthepool.Theinst
ructorheldonto
theotherendofther ope.ThenhetaughtDougl
ascor r
ectwayt obreathewhil
eswi mmi ng.Thi
s
helpedDouglasovercomehi sfearofput
ti
nghisheadunderwat er
.ThenheheldDougl asatthe
sideofthepoolandmadehi m ki
ckinwater
.Afterweeksofpr acti
cehislegsrelaxed.When
Douglashadper f
ectedev er
ytechni
quetheinst
ructort
oldhimt ouset hem al
ltogetherand
swim easi
lywithconfidence.

Answer3

Douglaswasst il
lnotsurethathehadov ercomehisfearofwater.Tocheckf i
rstheswam
aloneinthepool.Thenhewentt oLakeWent wort
hinNewHampshi re,
div
edof fofadockat
TriggsIsl
and,andswimt womi lesacrossthelaketoStampActIsland.Hetri
edallthe
techniquesofswimmi nghehadl earnt
.Final
lyhewentonadivingexpediti
onintheWar ml
ake.
Thatexperiencemadehi m surethathehadt r
ulyconquer
edhisfearofwater.

UNDERSTANDI
NGTHETEXT

Answer1

WhenDougl aswast hrowni nt

ot hepoolbyaboyhest artedtodrownbuthepl annedt omakea
bigjumpt ocomeupt othesur face.Hewassur eitwouldeasilybringhi mt othesur face.Ther e
hepl annedt olief l
atandpaddl et otheedgeoft hepool
.Butallthewhi lehehadswal lowedal ot
ofwat ersohewasal readyf eel
ingweak.Heki ckedthebot t
om oft hepool wi t
hal lhisenergy.
Theki ckwasnotpower f
ul enought obri
nghimt othesurfacequickl y
.Hecameupsl owl y
.He
startedt opani c.Het hrewhi shandsi npanictoholdsomesuppor tbutf ailed.Hest art
edt o
suffocat e.Het riedtoscr eenbutnosoundcameout .Onlyhiseyesandnosecameoutofwat er.
Het riedt oswi m wi l
dlyont hesur f
acebuthislegsparaly
zedHeswal lowedmor eandmor e
waterandst artedsinki ngtot hebot t
om again.Hefounditverydiffi
cul ttobr eathe.Thenhe
startedf eeli
ngdi zzy.Hemadet womor eat t
empt sbutf
ailedeveryt i
me. Gradual l
yhest ar
ted
l
osingconsci ousness.Whi lelosingconsciousnessherelaxedandf el
tatpeace.Lastofal lhe
thoughtt hathewasaboutt otosleep.I
twasal mostaneardeat hexper iencef orhim.

Answer2

SameasAnswer2and3ofPage29

Answer3

Dougl
ashadahorr
if
icexper
iencei
nwater.Fi
rstwhenasasmal
lchil
dhewentwithhi
sfat
her
tot
hebeachandsecondatYMCApool wherehenearl
ydr
owned.Theresul
twast
hathewas
ner
vousever
yti
mehewentnearwat er.

Thisexperi
encehadaper
manentimpr essi
ononhismind.Peopl
eli
ket osharesuch
experi
enceswithot
her
s.SoDouglasalsosharedhi
sexperi
encewit
ht hereaders.Butthenhe
alsowantedtoshar
ethestr
ategyadoptedtoover
comehisfeari
nsteadofsuf f
eringbecauseof
i
tallhi
sli
fe.I
nhisopini
oni twouldbeaninspirat
ionf
oral
lthosewhoatanypoi ntofti
mehad
suff
eredi
nat er
ri
fyi
ngsituati
onandwer esufferi
ngfr
om someki ndofphobi
a.Her eal
i
sedt
hat
thewil
lpowerofconqueringter
rorcanhelpinchangi
ngaper son'sl
i
fe.