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Weekly Contest #8
Water dripped gently from my paddle as the blade rose lazily from the water, my stroke easy and unhurried. As the opposite blade dipped delicately below the surface, the kayak moved forward, gliding effortlessly along the calm, smooth surface of the river. The air cooled subtly as I moved into the shadow of a large tree – a cypress – that overhung the water on this side of the river, then warmed again as I floated back out, the light of the sun first dimming, then fading. The current here had picked up a little, and I rested my pad...
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