Q: In this task, you're given a context passage. Your job is to generate relevant questions that can be answered by directly referring to the passage.
I crossed paths with a pool of despair , it looked so still and dark , so deep and wide . First I was only knee - deep , but a heaviness dragged me in . It was dark , it was still , and it was cold . I scrambled out of the depths of despair , tried to shake off the muck .
A:
Why did the writer scramble out of the depths of despair ?