2. I say, Dolphin. Dolphin! Good good dolphin! I like to see the picture of dolphin. Doctor Beck says, Very good, Mila. Tell me. What are you? A girl or a dolphin? I show a picture. The picture talks. It says, Dolphin.
3. Mila was raised by dolphins until the U.S. Coast Guard found her.
4. I am moving fast and fast in the water. It makes my eyes to hurt but I am so happy to swim. I say, Come Shay. Come in the water. Mila is taken to a pool for her to understand that water is not to live in but to play in. I am splashing water on Sandy. I am so happy. I say, Doctor Beck, I can stay here and sleep here in the water room with Sandy all the time? Doctor Beck says, No. This is not a place to sleep, Mila. Only to swim. It is time to go back to the hospital. Come out of the water. I do not want to go.
5. The man of the government is watching me. He says, Mila is making good progress. Making progress is when I talk words. Making progress is when I write on the computer. Making progress is when I wear clothes. Making progress is when I sleep in a bed and eat the dead fish.
6. We cross the big I feel sad for street and go to the humans. Humans go river. I know now the only where it is river is not a place permission. In the for me to swim. sea there are no locks or switches, no doors or walls
7. The book continues with Mila progressing until she can function as a normal human. This novel is fiction and an easy read. Students as young as third grade can read this book however, it is good for the parents as well. Published by Scholastic Press in 1996 and written by Karen Hesse
