In Caroline's opinion, no one was a better lifeguard than her older brother, Max. She thought he was a natural for that , constantly prepared to blast his whistle at behavior or jump in to rescue a in trouble. Caroline had always looked up to Max, and just because he was older. Caroline up to Max because he had possessed a certain air of authority. He had a
of seeming to be in charge without a bully.
Max had learned lifeguarding at the local community center. After a final examination, Max became a lifeguard. Soon after receiving his certification, he hired to work at the neighborhood pool. Caroline visited her brother one while he was on duty and him a sandwich that she had . Max entertained Caroline with a silly about his first day as a .
After chatting with her brother, Caroline swimming with a group of her . When it was time for Max to his shift, Caroline saw her brother the ladder from the stand. He to the pool storage room to up his whistle and complete his card. While Max was in the room, a gust of wind suddenly the door to the room shut. From the , Caroline could see the doorknob turning, but the didn't budge. After a minute had , and Max still had not opened the , Caroline realized that her brother might stuck. No one else at the seemend to notice. Another lifeguard was perched in the stand, twirling her on a string. The swimmers and seemed to be enjoying themselves.
"I Max needs some help," Caroline said to her . She clambered out of the pool and to the door of the storage . "Max, are you all right?" she .
"I think I got locked in when the gust of wind slammed the shut," Max called back.
"I'll get you out," Caroline confidently. "I'll find the pool manager and I'll him come and unlick the door."
Caroline rapidly to the pool manager's office. She the situation to the manager.
"You're Max's ?" the manager asked. Caroline nodded, and he , "Then from what Max has told me about you, I I can trust you with this. the key."
Caroline thanked the manager and back to the storage room. When she to unlock the door, Max seemed relieved. "It was hot and humid in ," he told Caroline. The two returned the to the pool manager. Caroline went to goodbye to her friends and she and Max home together. Max thanked his sister for him. Caroline smiled to herself, pleased with the that, on that day, she had a lifeguard's lifeguard.