...They were laughing as they played by the side of the river. The little girl was running back and forth up and down the small embankment from the waters edge back up to the boy. She kept calling him to join her there by the water. She began taunting him, trying to get him to come down off the embankment. Finally he gave in and carefully came down to the waters edge. She splashed in the shallow part by the drop off that led to the deeper part of the river where the waters were rushing much quicker. She laughed at his apparent apprehension to go near the water. She continued taunting him. Suddenly, she heard her name being called. There it was again. She turned to see where the calling was coming from. When she turned back towards the water, she didn't see the boy anymore but heard her name again....
