Nutty, as the team captain, told the boys that they were lazy and just afraid of hard work.
"You can do it if you try," she told them. She went with the boys to the first swimming lesson. It was not a great success. Gary could swim well, and Jazz showed promise, but the swimming teacher shookb his head. "This is going to need a lot of work," he said to Nutty. "Three nights a week for the next year, and I really don't have time to do it.