FlOoD--Part Eight

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   On finding himself lifted into the boat, there was nowhere for Davis to set his feet so he unintentionally placed one on Peterson's stomach and one on Murphy's stomach. Both men let out a "woof" and tried to sit up, but only succeeded in banging their chests against the seats above them. Davis found it impossible to maintain his balance in all the ruckus so, flailing his arms and wobbling his head, he precipitated himself back into the ever-changing element surrounding the boat. Murphy and Peterson both rolled onto their sides and were now facing each other's legs. Murphy proceeded to curl himself up, bringing his knees up to his chest and his head down to his knees. This both got him out from under the two benches and pushed Peterson up against Jones and Jones up against the side of the boat. Murphy stood up to stretch, which allowed Peterson and Jones to roll back to their positions but Murphy couldn't sustain his stance and ended up sitting on Brown's chest. Brown let out a squeal and started pummeling Murphy on the back. Murphy quickly rose, Brown sat up and Murphy sat back down in the space Brown's upper body had just vacated. Brown brought his legs back into the boat and planted his feet firmly in Jones' stomach. Jones started hitting Brown's ankles with his gun so Brown put his legs back over the side until Jones had squirmed out from under the seats.