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WHALESDAY

Mum was wrong. Coral was exactly the same as yesterday. Plus she clicked her pincers in her sleep, which kept waking me up.

Coral grumbled all the way to school. When we finally got into class, Miss Carp gave us ten minutes to talk to our pen pals and find out some things they liked to do. I looked around to see how everyone else was getting on. Ozzie was showing Melvin a trick with his tentacles, and Gloria was giving Myrtle fashion tips.

Coral sat next to me with her pincers crossed, looking grumpy. Maybe we could play a game, I thought. What games might a crab like?

‘Do you like Snap?’ I asked.

She shrugged. ‘Not really.’

‘How about I Spy?’

She shook her head.

‘Okay – what do you like to play?’

She flashed me a cheeky look.

‘Clam Up.’

Finally – something Coral liked! ‘Ooh, what’s that?’ I said.

‘Both players shut their mouths for as long as they can. First person to talk loses.’

‘Sounds fun!’ I said, checking the clock. ‘Ready, steady, GO!’

I shut my mouth. This was too easy! After a while I started feeling fidgety. My brain squirmed. My lips twitched. Words bubbled up in my mouth. I looked at the clock.

‘One minute?!’ I squeaked. ‘I think the clock’s stopped!’

Coral clicked her pincers in delight. ‘I win.’

‘That didn’t count,’ I said.

Coral just shrugged.

I felt more words bubble up in my mouth. Luckily before they could pop out Miss Carp clapped her fins.

‘Lovely to see you all getting on so well,’ she called and started handing out dictionaries.

‘Persevere, Darcy,’ she whispered to me as she swam past, putting a dictionary on my desk. I didn’t know what that meant so I decided to look it up.

Then I remembered that Miss Carp always says I have a Positive Mental Attitude.

I am the Positively Mental Darcy Dolphin!

I WILL MAKE CORAL LIKE ME. EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY!

Word of the Day: PERSEVERE

The dictionary says that this means trying hard to do something even if you find it really difficult. Like being nice to someone who may or may not be a zombie crab.