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Summary of the poem Benjamin goes swimming

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This is a humorous poem. It tells us how Benjamin Jones won the swimming competition, even though he was not a good swimmer. Benjamin Jones told his wife that he would compete in the free-for-all swimming competition on the fourth of July. He was sure to win the competition if he tried. His wife was not enthusiastic about it. She thought it was a foolish decision because Benjamin had not gone for swimming for years. She was sure that he would be the last because the other competitors would swim faster than him. Then she would be ashamed of his failure. On the day of the competition, a group of swimmers lined up at the starting line. Each one of them wanted to win the race and become famous. The contest began. Benjy was overtaken by swimmers on the left and right. Benjy was swimming so slow that a crab saw his toe and wanted to try and bite it. Benjy saw the crab moving towards his toe. He got frightened at the mere thought of his toe in the claws of the crab. He started swimming fast as if possessed by some supernatural spirit. He overtook all the swimmers in his hurry to escape from the crab. His wife who saw this could not believe it. The shock of her husband winning the race was so great that she fell into the lake with a splash.

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