Outsized
This giant manta ray is much bigger than the boy, at triple the size. Onlookers yelled at Joel to come back. However, he was smiling instead of being scared. He hollered that it was okay and that she wasn’t what they thought.
Sliding a Hand Inside
Now, Joel knew what to do. He’d been coming to the same spot for a few days and knew what this manta ray wanted. The crowd just watched as the creature opened its mouth to let Joel put his hand inside and open up his fist.
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