Bum First

He said he was mapping, says the baby cuttlefish. But he was just looking.

That's not mapping, agree the other baby cuttlefish.

That's what I thought, says the baby cuttlefish.

What about the Nachoo? asks one of the other baby cuttlefish.

He said cuttlefish don't need a Nachoo, says the baby cuttlefish.

But you were in one, says the other one. 

I know, says the baby cuttlefish. If I'd stayed in it, I might have got a lesson.

You could go back and ask, says the other one.

Yes, why don't you? ask the rest of the others.

Come with me? says the baby cuttlefish.

Okay, agree all the others.

They follow the baby cuttlefish back to the rock where he had leapt from the Nachoo.

They swim about, looking up.

Terence is ready to try out the new improved Nachoo. All it needs is some string.

The jagged edges round the top of the Nachoo have been curled inwards, now presenting no danger.

Captain Baudin has just returned from another trip back to th lighthouse to look for some string.

He has found some.

Now Gaius is tying the string round the top of the Nachoo, with a loop for Terence to hold onto.

He hands it to Terence.

Terence sits on a rock above the water and lowers the can on its string.

See that? That's the Nachoo! says the baby cuttlefish. 

Woo! say the other baby cuttlefish. Are you going to go in?

Yes! says the baby cuttlefish.

He swims in.

It came back! shouts Terence.

The baby cuttlefish comes out again backwards.

It got away! shouts Terence.

What's wrong? ask the other baby cuttlefish.

Can't see anything, it's dark, says the baby cuttlefish.

Go in bum first, say the others.

All right, says the baby cuttlefish.

He is about to, when Terence pulls the Nachoo out of the water.