Helping a sick whale
After finding a sick whale that had been pushed back into the water after being beached, Roger and I escorted it back to the area where we’d left Paulie and Alex. Whales usually prey on smaller fish, so you can imagine how Paulie felt when he saw this. We were bringing a potential predator right [...]
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Jolly Roger, Alex, Paulie and I headed to the beach. We exited Roger’s cave through an opening on top of the cave, which was a secret entrance only Roger knew about. As we swam toward the shoreline, I noticed Alex was watching a small family of stingray swimming nearby. He didn’t say anything, but I [...]
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My friends and I were relieved to know that the cave monster was not a monster at all, but it was my friend Jolly Roger! Roger and I had met at the marinelife center where I was cared for when I got tangled in fishing line. Roger led us into the wide open cavern that [...]
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The three of us didn’t move an inch. We just stared at the end of the tunnel where something was looking back at us. It was still too dark for us to see what it was.
“It’s gonna eat us,” whispered Paulie.
It seemed like we were just staring at each other for hours, but it was [...]
Exploring the cave
Paulie was shaking. He was convinced there was a monster at the end of the cave tunnel. I wasn’t scared, but I was being careful. The light we were seeing was coming from the very end of the tunnel, and it was getting brighter the closer we got to it. The walls of the tunnel [...]
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Over the past few days, Alex and I have learned more and more about our new friend Paulie the parrotfish. He tells us stories. Actually, Paulie hasn’t stopped telling us stories. He likes to swim backwards while he talks, facing us as we swim:
“… and when I was two years old, I got caught in [...]
A new friend for our adventure
After our encounter with the barracudas, Crunch and Nibble, we had made a new friend.
“Paulie, you’re a parrotfish, right?” asked Alex.
“Yup! My dad was a parrotfish, and my mom was a parrotfish, and that makes me a parrotfish, too,” replied Paulie.
“You’re pretty funny,” said Alex.
Paulie frowned. “You mean I’m funny looking.” Paulie was sad.
“No. That’s [...]
Nobody likes a bully
As Alex and I made our way along the edge of the coral reef, our peaceful journey was interrupted by a colorful fish zooming past and yelling, “Help!” Following it were two silver fish. One was thin, and the other was more round. They raced by, chasing the colorful fish who continued to shout, “Help!” [...]
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Brain Coral
Photo by Thespis377 via Flickr.com
Alex and I have been traveling along the edge of the coral reef, heading toward the open ocean. There are so many beautiful colors in the coral reef. There are also so many really cool shapes. The coral reef is made up of all these different types of coral. Alex [...]
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As I mentioned before, I made a new friend: Alex, the stingray. He’s super-smart and knows his way around the local reef. We swam to the other side of the reef today and saw a boat lying all the way on the bottom. We both swam to the bottom to look at it, and we [...]
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