In the middle of a bright yellow house, on a friendly blue street, lived Oscar. Oscar was five, with big, round eyes and curly brown hair that bounced when he giggled. He loved dinosaurs and juice boxes, and he especially loved gazing up at the stars through his bedroom window at night. But there was one thing Oscar did not love. In fact, he was scared—really, really scared—of swimming. Every time his family went to the swimming pool, Oscar’s heart fluttered like a trapped butterfly. The water looked deep, and he worried his toes would sink and he’d tumble to the bottom. “It’s okay, Oscar!” his mom always said. “You can just splash your feet.” But Oscar didn’t even want to do that. Water made him nervous. One night, after brushing his teeth and putting on his starry pajamas, Oscar stared out his window. The moon glowed like a silver coin, and the sky sparkled with a million tiny lights....

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