Not sure exactly where he had come from, Charlie Brown simply dived into the water and began swimming out as far as he could, hoping the ocean would take him wherever he needed to go. Swimming with pony legs was a bit different from swimming with human limbs, and his lack of experience meant progress was slow. He kept getting pushed back by small waves and having to regain the distance he had lost all over again.
Finally, he grew tired and began to sink. “I guess this is it,” he thought as he fell unconscious again. But once again, just as his brain was going to shut down from lack of oxygen, an invisible portal opened up and he was sucked in.