Jerry is met by a group of natives diving in and out of the unrecognised dark water. When one of the boys dive into the water and don’t come up for a while Jerry gets worried. But he then appears on the other side of the dark rock breathing for air. When Jerry tried to achieve this feat himself, he was met with a wall of rock that he couldn’t seem to find a way past. After trying and trying, he finally found the tunnel/hole that the boys had swam through in order to get to the other side. This tunnel will be an important symbol during this story.