Art was tired and afraid. Earlier, he had not thought of danger. He had set his feet and pushed with all his might. He had held his breath as water tumbled over him, shaken himself when it passed, and prepared himself for the next blow. But now he realized what they had done-they had held back the mighty waves of the sea. Suppose the barricade had broken? Suppose the water had rushed in? It would have washed all those people away. And then? In February 1953, the dikes broke in Zeeland. This true account tells of courage, and of God's protecting care.