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My Octopus Teacher

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And then focusing on that small space.

My Octopus Teacher

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And then, bang!

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She's there.

My Octopus Teacher

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Finally, after looking for her for a week, day after day,

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there she was.

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It's like a...

My Octopus Teacher

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a human friend, like, waving and saying, "Hi, I'm excited to see you."

My Octopus Teacher

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And I could feel it, like from one minute to the next,

My Octopus Teacher

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"Okay, I trust you. I trust you, human.

My Octopus Teacher

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And she's moving towards me.

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And my natural instinct is...

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to gently back away.

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And then I just wanted to keep still, so I held onto a rock.

My Octopus Teacher

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She just kept coming...

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and then covered my whole hand.

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I'd been underwater for quite a long time,

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so I just gently pushed for the surface, thinking she would move off my hand.

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But she didn't. She just rode on my hand right to the surface.

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[gentle orchestral music playing]

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There I was, just staring into the eyes of this incredible creature.