Little Tommy Brooks just wanted to go for a swim in the lake.
He did not believe the legends and old folktales about Grabreed Lake; that the weeds and reeds at the bottom were somehow alive and would tangle and grab you from below to drag you down, never to breathe another breath or see the light of day.

So little Tommy Brooks went out to swim and never returned..

That was 60 years ago, and now the tales speak of a little boy at the bottom of the lake. Of how if you go out in a boat to the center, to the deepest part, where the light only just reaches the bottom. There you can see little Tommy looking up at you with reeds around his legs and body and who is still slowly trying to reach the surface.

And sometimes he does...