My first manatee

One day my friend Susan asked me if I wanted to go boating at the St. Johns River and I said yes. So we got the boat in the water. We went tubing. I fell off a couple times. Then it was time to eat lunch. We drove more down the river and thats when I saw it. A manatee!It was big, gray, and it felt like a big furry rock. I will never forget the time I saw my first manatee.

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