Chapter 10a= Shark Attack

CHAPTER 10 A- SHARK ATTACK


Aqua looked around the beach. It was almost deserted. The only other people there were her parents, who she had left over on the other side of the beach so she could hunt for shark's teeth and sea shells, so she could sell them at her school. Not having any luck, she decided to wade around in the water. She waded in up to her waist, then looked around her hunting for any 'hidden treasures' that might want to show up. Walking in a little further, she felt something brush against her feet. She jumped, then felt silly, because it was just a little tadpole. She waded in until the water was just below her shoulders. Something was wrong... a few seconds ago the beach was alive with birds and bugs and all sorts of things, but now she couldn't heatr anything. The seagulls had stopped their songs, and all the little tadpoles had vacated the area. There were no birds on the beach digging in the sand, no pellicans flying over her head. A cool breeze swept flew the beach. Starting to get chills, she started to wade back towards the sand. She hadn't made it very far when her foot slipped and she was caught in the current, whipped way out past where she was supposed to be. And she didn't know how to swim very well. She tried to dog-paddle back to the shore, but something brushed against her foot. This water was almost 20 feet deep-there was no way it could be a tadpole. She looked down and saw a big, dark form swimming under her. she looked farther out and saw a few fins sticking up from the water. She could hear the music from Jaws playing in her head, faster and faster. More of the dark bodies swam toward her, some diving under and nudging her feet. She knew she was in trouble! She had heard that you weren't supposed to scare the sharks or they would attack, so she tried as hard as she could not to scream as she started inching back through the water that separated her from the shore.