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D'RI AND I Thought I 'd never stop goin' down. 'Fore I come up I hearn Ray rip int' th' water nigh me. I come up 'n' shook my head, 'n' waited. Judas Priest! thought he wus drownded, sart'n. Seemed so I 'd bust out 'n' cry there 'n th' water waitin' fer thet air boy. Soon es I hearn a flop I hed my han's on 'im.

"‘Who be you?' says he.

"‘D'ri,' says I.

"‘Tired out,' says he; 'can't swim a stroke. Guess I 'll hev t' go t' th' bottom.