F.A.S.T. Readers Sunlight Tales - Beach Resort
-
Upload
arn-johnson -
Category
Documents
-
view
217 -
download
2
description
Transcript of F.A.S.T. Readers Sunlight Tales - Beach Resort
Chapter 4
Breaking
equipment panic grazing hoping
dripping protruding attract struggled
investigate completely tumbled directly
Long e
described breeze feet deep decided really
leaped frenzy appear frantically really feel
R Family
snorkeling shark started ladder circle
forgotten shore anchor occurred horror
Phrases
beautiful white sailboat wide variety of fish
on his shoulder on the radio in trouble now
Beach Resort
21
Chapter 4
Sailing
Pete came by the next morning to get Barb. They
walked to the dock where Pete’s sailboat was docked.
It was a beautiful white sailboat called “Ocean
Breeze.” It was a twenty-nine footer with a white sail
that had blue and yellow stripes on it. They stepped
onto the “Breeze” and set sail. The boat could really
move quickly with the wind behind it. Barb had never
sailed, so she had to get used to changing sides of the
boat, which is called “tacking,” when Pete moved the
sail to catch the wind.
They sailed for a couple of hours, then Pete
dropped anchor about a mile from shore. The water
was still only about twenty feet deep. They decided to
do some snorkeling. Pete brought out the equipment.
After putting on the fins and masks, they dropped
over the edge of the boat into the water.
Sunlight Tales
22
Pete and Barb took a deep breath and dove to the
ocean floor. They saw a wide variety of fish.
Suddenly Pete saw Barb panic, looking at something
just past him. It was then that he saw it, a twenty-foot
shark. It was coming directly at Barb. The shark
swam by Barb and grazed her arm, which then started
to bleed. Pete knew they were in trouble now, for
blood causes a feeding frenzy in sharks.
He quickly swam to Barb, grabbed her and pulled
her to the surface. Her arm was dripping blood into
the water. He helped her get on the ladder, and she
started to pull herself into the boat. She then saw the
large fin protruding from the water and coming
directly at Pete.
“Get in the boat quickly!” Pete yelled. He then
started to pull himself up the ladder.
“Hurry, Pete! The shark is only a few feet from
you!” yelled Barb. Pete was just about to pull himself
up into the sailboat when there was a big thud, as the
Beach Resort
23
Sunlight Tales
24
shark rammed the sailboat with the top of its head.
Pete tumbled into the water, and the boat drifted
several feet from him.
Pete froze in the water, hoping that by being still
he wouldn’t attract the shark. He had forgotten that he
had blood on his shoulder. Then he saw the large fin
appear from the front of the sailboat. It was coming at
him.
Barb grabbed an oar and started hitting the water
near the sailboat, hoping to attract the shark. It didn’t
work. The shark went for Pete. It opened its mouth
and went after Pete’s arm and shoulder. Pete struggled
to bring his legs up and pushed off the shark. He then
swam frantically to the boat. The shark turned and
came directly at him.
Barb watched all this in horror. Pete was now five
feet from the “Breeze,” and the shark was above
water with its mouth opened. Barb was so concerned
about Pete that she completely forgot about …. safety.
Beach Resort
25
She took three giant steps, leaped in the air and …
(3.6)