I found this beautiful publication on facebook, I hope you like it. --- ***The crocodile who didn't like water.***

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--- Once upon a time there was a little crocodile,

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--- who did not like water at all

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--- what he really liked was climbing trees, but nobody else liked it.

![FB_IMG_1653972733422.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/takeru255/23wX7iaTn2shVXBBQJmJHmVn5XHdczgisosJyigd2754U1sVdfPqqWELVASHqGfLMmUeB.jpg) --- ![FB_IMG_1653972735452.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/takeru255/23zbVvKcrB1ZMCtvGYg4ZoJ7LAa1Mqmscoh52aicHVCPLALB9RzwGc6aaeEfHLd7T5aQC.jpg) --- He wanted to play with his brothers, but they were all busy learning to swim and dive. And our crocodile didn't like to swim, let alone dive! ![FB_IMG_1653972737536.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/takeru255/242YE4xw6YLVqWyxNrB97wdHhnZwgAawCwdTHczjEPwrawisTGXfVFq41YH1DZ9wxvduK.jpg)

--- Having no one to play with, he felt lonely. So the little crocodile made a decision. He had saved money from the tooth fairy gifts and knew exactly what he wanted to buy.

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--- The next day he took his new float to the pool. He would play with his brothers and sisters!

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--- And even though climbing the ladder was fun, I didn't want to JUMP.

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--- But he couldn't play ball. Nor swimming underwater.

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But he didn't want to be alone either. So she decided to try one last time.

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At one... At two o'clock... At half past two... And at threeeeeeeee...

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--- SPLASH! GLU GLU HELP!

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--- This little crocodile definitely hated the water. It was cold. It was wet, and this embarrassed him.

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--- But then he felt something strange. Her nose began to itch. and her itching grew, and grew, and grew, until...

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--- This crocodile didn't like the water because he wasn't a crocodile!

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Era un DRAGÓN. Y este dragoncito no había nacido para nadar.

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--- He was born to breathe fire.

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--- And also to fly!

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--- Everyone knows that crocodiles love water, but this little crocodile is different. He doesn't like water at all. In fact, he prefers to climb trees. What if this crocodile wasn't really a crocodile?

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