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His little legs pumping, his little heart thumping, he paddled with everything he had in him towards the shore, where, depositing the almost drowned toddler at the feet of the screaming woman, the old dog, his heart finally giving up, was swept back out to sea by a giant wave.
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Posted in response to @Jayna's fifty-word story challenge which you can see here
The image is my own