Experiments have proved that children can be instructed in swimming at a very early __1___. At a special swimming pool in Los Angeles, children become ___2__ at holding their breath under water even before they can __3____ . Babies of two months old do not appear to be ___4___ to enter the water. It is not long before they are so ____5__ to swimming that they can pick up weights from the floor of the pool. A game that is very ___6____ with these young swimmers is the underwater tricycle race. Tricycles are lined up on the floor of the pool ___7__ feet under water. The children compete ___8___ each other to reach the other end of the pool. Many pedal their tricycles, but most of them prefer to push or ___9___ them. Some children can cover the whole length of the pool without coming up for breath even once. _________10___________, , only time will tell . Meanwhile, they should encourage those among us who cannot swim five yards before they are gasping for air.