Shark! (Part 2)

“We have to swim to the bigger island,” Sam said.

 “People will see us there.”

 “You can't swim,” Lizzie said. “The sharks will smell the blood on your leg, and ...”

The water washed over their little island again. The water was higher then before. They nearly fell in again.

“We can't stay here. We have to swim,” Sam said.

 “No,” Lizzie said. “I have to swim.”

 “What do you mean?” “You can't go, so I'll go. I'll get help.” “No! Lizzie!”

 But she was already in the water. She swam fast. All the time she thought, “Are the sharks behind me?” The sharks began to move towards Lizzie. Sam watched. What could he do? He put his legs in the water. He kicked the water and shouted at the sharks. The sharks heard the noise and they smelled the blood from his leg. They turned. They came towards him, but he kept his feet in the water and kicked. Then Lizzie was at the bigger island, and Sam jumped up. Lizzie waved her arms at the people on the beach and shouted “Help!”

 A few minutes later, Sam and Lizzie were safe in a boat.

 “Are you OK, Sam?” Lizzie asked.

Sam said, “Lizzie, you're the best and bravest sister in the world. You can swim with me any time.” “But no more spear fishing?” she said with a smile.

 ”Ok. No more spear fishing.”

Taken from Junior Comprehension 2, 2000

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Shark (1)

“Are you going spear fishing?” Lizzie asked.

“Yes,' said her older brother, Sam.

“Can I come with you?”

“No.”

“Oh, please. You know I'm a good swimmer,” said Lizzie.

A few minutes later, Sam and Lizzie were in the warm sea. Fish swam all around them. The colours of the fish were bright in the sunlight.

 “They're beautiful!”thought Lizzie.

 Sam pointed his spear gun and shot a big blue fish. A cloud of red blood came from the dead  fish. Then they saw the shark. Sharks are not always dangerous, but this shark could smell blood. When sharks smell blood, they want to kill and eat. The shark's teeth closed on the dead  fish and pulled the spear gun from Sam's hand. Sam and Lizzie swam quickly to a small island. The island was only a metre wide and a few centimetres above the water. Sam pushed Lizzie up into the island and then he climbed up. He fell and cut his leg. Then they stood on the island and watched the shark.

“We're OK,” Sam told his sister.

“Someone will see us.”

But there was a bigger island between them and the beach. So nobody could see them. The water washed over their little island, and they nearly fell into the sea. The water washed blood from the cut on Sam's leg into the sea. Then they saw a second shark.

Taken from Junior Comprehension 2, 2000

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