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You settled on picking another crocko with your friends, letting Bubu deal with Moochy's woes. That rascal didn't deserve your sympathies. The crocko you and your friends picked out was lying on a rock, so you all climbed on it to pet it. It let out a trill and then flopped onto its back, exposing its soft underbelly to you.
<span class="mu-b">"I feel sorry for Moochy, he was just being curious last night!"</span> said Kari. <span class="mu-b">"I don't think he's ever seen a crocko before."</span>
<span class="mu-r">"Neither have I but you don't see me annoying anybody I'm curious about,"</span> said Puki. <span class="mu-r">"He would have been fine, Moochy is fat enough to stay afloat anyway."</span>
You chimed in with your thoughts: <span class="mu-g">"Moochy was lucky for us to be there to help him out of the water for his mistake. That crocko was also being mean to suddenly just pull Moochy in like that. I hope Moochy learns to respect our other friends from now on though."</span>
As the day warmed up from the sun, the crockos became more active. You and your friends changed into swimming clothes and hopped into the waters with your crocko friend who swam circles around you. Kari reached out to the crocko and it darted off, so Kari gave chase. You watched Kari swim off but then the crocko made a U-turn to swim back to you. As it approached you with Kari at its tail, it dove down, causing Kari to crash into you and Puki. After recovering from the crash with laughter, the crocko swam back to you three, inserting itself between you all. It exposed its belly once again and let out a trill as you all rubbed its soft belly.
When the sun reached its highest point, most Youthies had already retired to the docks, tired of swimming with the crockos all morning. The village grown-ups called for everybody to return and the headcount returned with one less person. The grown-ups panicked, ringing the village bell to summon everybody to the center grove. They did their headcount again but this time they managed to find everybody; Bubu had been at your Auntie Baba's house with Moochy. The grown-ups scolded Bubu for not letting them know he left and he put himself on his knees with crossed arms, a natural reaction for Lings being scolded.
