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“The brook babbled at me as I waded upstream.”
The brook babbled at me as I waded upstream. My fishing rod dangled behind me, wagging taillike, when a plop broke the silence. My phone, still within its waterproof case, had snapped off my backpack and glided downstream away from me. Throwing all caution to the wind, I threw myself after it like an Olympic swimmer. Snapping branches and splashing water filled the little gorge as I frantically trudged after my only hope of contact with civilization when the water’s pace quickened, a waterfall was in sight.
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