Into the swift river he sank , and rolled over and over in the current . Tom heard the men above run along seemingly looking for him ; but he drifted down into the deep hole below , and there lay quite still , and they could not find him . Tom waited a long time , till all was quiet ; and then he peeped out , and saw the man lying . At last he screwed up his courage and swam down to him . `` Perhaps , '' he thought , `` the water has made him fall asleep , as it did me . '' Then he went nearer . He grew more and more curious , he could not tell why . He must go and look at him . He would go very quietly , of course ; so he swam round and round him , closer and closer ; and , as he did not stir , at last he came quite close and looked him in the face . The moon shone so bright that Tom could see every feature ; and , as he saw , he recollected , bit by bit , it was his old master , Grimes . Tom turned tail , and swam away as fast as he could . `` Oh dear me ! '' he thought , `` now he will turn into a water-baby . What a nasty troublesome one he will be ! And perhaps he will find me out , and beat me again . '' So he went up the river again a little way , and lay there the rest of the night under an alder root ; but , when morning came , he longed to go down again to the big pool , and see whether Mr. Grimes had turned into a water-baby yet . So he went very carefully , peeping round all the rocks , and hiding under all the roots . Mr. Grimes lay there still ; he had not turned into a water-baby . In the afternoon Tom went back again . He could not rest till he had found out what had become of Mr. Grimes .
But this time Mr. Grimes was gone ; and Tom made up his mind that he was XXXXX into a water-baby .
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