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My Octopus Teacher

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But the strange thing is, as you get closer to them,

My Octopus Teacher

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you realize that we're very similar in a lot of ways.

My Octopus Teacher

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You're stepping into this completely different world.

My Octopus Teacher

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Such an incredible feeling.

My Octopus Teacher

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And you feel you're on the brink of something extraordinary.

My Octopus Teacher

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[upbeat orchestral music playing]

My Octopus Teacher

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But you realize that there's a line that can't be crossed.

My Octopus Teacher

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[tense music playing]

My Octopus Teacher

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It's quite a long time ago now, that day when it all started.

My Octopus Teacher

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[thunder rumbling]

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[seagulls squawking]

My Octopus Teacher

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This place on the tip of Africa is known as the Cape of Storms.

My Octopus Teacher

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My childhood memories are completely dominated

My Octopus Teacher

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by the rocky shore, the intertidal and the kelp forest.

My Octopus Teacher

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We had this little wooden bungalow,

My Octopus Teacher

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literally below the high-water mark.

My Octopus Teacher

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So when those huge storms used to come in,

My Octopus Teacher

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the ocean used to smash the doors down and fill up the bottom of the house.

My Octopus Teacher

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So it was incredibly exciting as a child

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to literally live in the force of that giant Atlantic Ocean.