Cape Cod was ____ to Rob Santos. The sea was all around him on the Cape, which was fine with Rob. He wanted to spend as much time as he could by the sea and on the sea. His ____ was to make enough ____, with help from his dad, to get a small boat. Then he would roam the seas, maybe head up to the ____. Rob had just one problem, and it was not a small one. He had to ____ his dad into letting him have a boat. It would not be easy but Rob was ____ that his idea would work. Last summer, Rob was careless with his dad's ____. He had lost one of the oars. Then he had badly banged the boat when he had ____ the dock. His dad had said that Rob hadn't treated the boat with care. Rob had gone to the store to get an oar. He had fixed the boat. But his dad did not think that was enough. He did not trust Rob to take care of a boat. Rob ____ that he could take ____ of the boat. But what could he do? Then one summer day, Rob was at the beach, near the dock ____ up some sun. Suddenly, there was a loud scream. Rob quickly sat up. A small child was floating on a rubber raft out at sea. The wind must have come up suddenly and pushed the rubber raft out from shore. The child's mom was the one who had screamed. Rob watched her run into the ____ to get her child, but the child was out of reach. Rob quickly jumped up, dashed to the dock, and leaped into his dad's boat. He grabbed the oars and locked them into the oarlocks. He headed out quickly. As Rob pulled on the oars sweat dripped off his chin. He ____ faster and faster ____ the waves. At last, Rob reached the child and pulled her into his boat. She was happy to be safe and gave him a hug. Tying the raft to his boat with a ____, Rob dragged the raft behind him to the shore. When Rob got back on the land, the child's mom ran and hugged him. As she held her child, some watchers came up to Rob and patted him on the back. He had acted quickly and bravely. They treated him like a ____. "Rob," someone said. Rob ____ on his heels. It was his dad. "I am proud of what you just did. So here is what I am going to do. I will let you use my boat all summer. If you take care of it, then I will help you get a boat of your own. What do you say?"Rob stuck out his hand. "It's a deal, Dad," he said with a big grin.

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