‘Logan, there’s a pool. Let’s go swim.’

‘No thanks. I’ll catch forty winks.’

‘Come on!’

‘I’ll go for a walk later.’

‘This is America. No one walks.’

‘I’m not swimming.’

‘I’ve a spare cozzie.’

‘I’m not wearing your clothes.’

‘Come on. It….’

‘No!’

‘What’s got into you?’

‘I can’t swim.’

‘You can’t?’

‘I’m phobic.’

‘What? The superheroic Logan is scared of water?’

‘I nearly drowned. Mr Dunk saved me.’

‘Great name.’

‘I’d given up. I was going down for the third time.’

‘Mate, I didn’t know. Anyway, time you got back on the horse.’

‘I’m not doing that either…’

This week’s #carrotranch prompt is

October 30, 2020, prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less), write a story about life savers on any body of water. It can be a formal Coast Guard, historical or contemporary. It could be an individual who unexpectedly takes on the role. Go where the prompt leads!