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Douglas was a young boy. He went to a swimming pool to learn how to swim. One day he was thrown into deep water by a bully boy of about eighteen. He narrowly escaped death. It was a terrible experience for him. After this incident, he got scared of water. He also had a fascination for lakes and brooks. So he decided to overcome his fear of water. For this purpose, he hired an instructor. The instructor first taught him to stay in the water. Then he taught him to put his face under water and exhale, and to raise his nose and inhale. Next, he taught him how to kick with his legs. Thus piece by piece or bit by bit, he became a perfect swimmer. Then he went to several lakes and swam alone to overcome his fear of water. Thus maintaining his confidence and spirit he became free from this fear.

डगलस एक छोटा लड़का था। वह तरणताल पर तैरना सीखने जाता था। एक दिन लगभग अट्ठारह वर्ष के एक दबंग लड़के द्वारा उसे गहरे पानी में फेंक दिया गया। वह मृत्यु से बाल-बाल बचा। यह उसके लिए एक भयंकर अनुभव था। इस घटना के बाद, उसे पानी से डर लगने लगा । उसका झीलों और झरनों के प्रति भी आकर्षण था। अतः उसने पानी से अपने डर पर विजय प्राप्त करने का निश्चय किया। इस उद्देश्य से उसने एक प्रशिक्षक की सेवाएँ लीं। प्रशिक्षक ने पहले उसे पानी में रहना सिखाया। फिर उसने उसे पानी के अन्दर मुँह रखकर सांस छोड़ना और नाक ऊपर उठाकर सांस खींचना सिखाया। फिर उसने उसे टाँगें चलाना सिखाया। इस प्रकार क्रमशः वह एक कुशल तैराक बना। फिर वह पानी से अपने डर पर विजय प्राप्त करने के लिए कई झीलों पर अकेला जाकर तैरा। इस तरह अपने आत्मविश्वास और जोश (स्फूर्ति) को बनाये रख कर वह इस भय से मुक्त हो गया।

Douglas decided to get an instructor to learn swimming. The instructor started working with him five days a week, an hour each day. He put a belt around Douglas. A rope was attached to the belt that went through a pulley.

The instructor held the rope and pulled Douglas back and forth, across the pool, making him practice. The instructor taught him to put his face under the water exhale, and to raise his nose inhale. Slowly and steadily Douglas was able to shed his fear of water, which was the greatest obstacle in his desire to swim. For weeks after this, his instructor made him kick with his legs.

Initially his legs were not responding, but with time they relaxed and he was able to command his legs at his will. In this way, piece by piece, his instructor made Douglas a swimmer.

William O. Douglas had developed an aversion to water when he was just a boy of three or four. His father took him to the beach in California. He and his father stood together in the surf. He was knocked down by the waves. He was buried in water. His breath had gone. There was terror in his heart at the overpowering force of the waves. He was frightened and developed a permanent fear for water. This fear revived when he was at the Y.M.C.A swimming pool. A big boy of eighteen tossed him into the deep end of the pool. He soon reached the bottom of the nine feet deep pool. But those nine feet were more like ninety. He was nearly drowned. His hands and legs were paralysed and rigid. His lungs ached and head pounded. When he came to senses, he found himself lying beside the pool, vomiting. William O. Douglas decided to get an instructor and learn how to swim. He went to a pool and practised five days a week. The instructor made him a perfect swimmer. He was not sure that all his terror had left. So he went to Lake Wentworth and dived off a dock. He had conquered his fear of water.

The author was fond of fishing, and of all types of water sports. But his fear of water spoiled all his fun. Wherever he went, this fear followed him, So in order to enjoy life, he was determined to conquer his fear of water.

लेखक को मछली पकड़ने का व सब प्रकार के पानी के खेलों का शौक था। लेकिन पानी से उसका डर उसका सारी मजा खराब कर देता था। वह जहाँ भी जाता था, यह डर उसका पीछा करता था। इसलिए जीवन का आनन्द उठाने के लिए उसने पानी से अपने भय पर विजय प्राप्त करने का दृढ़ निश्चय किया।

Willam Douglas faced two accidents in water in his childhood. At the age of three or four, he was almost buried with the waves at the beach. Then at the age of eleven or twelve, he had a narrow escape from drowning in a swimming pool. So water creates a feeling of hatred and terror in him.

विलियम डगलस ने बचपन में पानी में दो दुर्घटनाओं का सामना किया। तीन या चार वर्ष की उम्र में समुद्र तट की लहरों ने उसे लगभग डुबो दिया था। तत्पश्चात् ग्यारह या बारह वर्ष की उम्र में वह एक तरणताल में डूबने से बाल-बाल बचा। इसलिए पानी उसमें घृणा और भय की भावना पैदा कर देता है।

Douglas goes to the swimming pool when no one else is there. A bully boy of around eighteen years comes there and throws him into deep water. This is the misadventure Douglas speaks about in which he narrowly escapes death.

डगलस उस समय तरणताल पर पहुँचते हैं जब वहाँ कोई नहीं है। लगभग अट्ठारह वर्ष का एक दबंग लड़का वहाँ आता है और उन्हें गहरे पानी में फेंक देता है। यही वह दुर्घटना है जिसकी डगलस चर्चा करते हैं और जिसमें वे मृत्यु से बाल-बाल बचते हैं।

When Douglas was three or four years old, he had gone with his father to the beach in California. Huge waves knocked him down and swept over him. He was buried in water, his breath was gone and he felt frightened. Since then he started fearing water. The YMCA pool incident further strengthened the fear in his mind taking a strong hold over his personality. One day as he was sitting at the edge of the pool, a big boy about eighteen tossed him into the deep water. He landed in a sitting water, frightened but not yet frightened out of his wits. Planned to come up but failed, thrice he attempted to come up to the surface but in vain. By now, he was seized by stark terror firmly and he let himself slip into oblivion only to be saved later but the fear of water had taken complete hold over him and he avoided it whenever possible.

The author describes the narrow escape from death by drowning in the YMCA pool as misadventure. He was saved from drowning by others. This misadventure created a permanent feeling of hatred and terror from water in the author’s mind.

लेखक वाइ एम सी ए ताल में डूबने से बाल-बाल बचने की घटना को दुर्घटना बताता है। उसे दूसरे लोगों द्वारा डूबने से बचाया गया। इस दुर्घटना ने लेखक के मन में पानी के प्रति घृणा एवं भय की स्थायी भावना पैदा कर दी।

Douglas had decided to learn to swim. Knowing that the YMCA pool was safe, he decided to go there and learn swimming without any danger.

डगलस ने तैरना सीखने का निश्चय किया था। YMCA के तरणताल को सुरक्षित जानकर उसने वहाँ जाकर बिना किसी खतरे के तैरना सीखने का निश्चय किया।

Douglas had a horrifying experience in the YMCA pool which continued to haunt him. He was tossed into a nine feet deep swimming pool by a 'bully' when he had just began to learn swimming. A sensation of death ran through him. He shouted for help in vain; but life smiled at him and he was saved.

Douglas had an aversion for water since his drowning incident when he was quiet young. It did not allow him t touch waters again. He felt he would be revisited by the same terror and his legs paralyzed due to the traumatic experience.

Douglas had an almost fatal encounter in the waters when he was quiet young. It had so terrorized him that he developed a phobia for it and never tried taking a risk again. But fortunately, the guidance of his instructor and his self-confidence enabled him to overcome the fear of water and learnt to conquer the fear of the unknown.

Finally, Douglas got rid of the fear of water by hiring the services of an instructor. The instructor understood the magnitude of the terror that gripped him and built a swimmer out of him with a sustained effort. Whatever residual fear he had, he was able to overcome that with his determination.