The cave monster
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 [...]
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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 [...]
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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.” [...]
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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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