Amber's First Clue by Gillian Shields

Author:Gillian Shields
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published: 2007-10-17T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Four

At that moment, Ana’s face lit up and she cried, “Look, Benjy is here!”

A smooth gray face poked shyly above the little hole in the ice. It was a baby beluga whale, who looked very hungry. Ana stroked his cheek and kissed his nose.

“Ana has asked us to help you and your family, Benjy,” explained Amber.

“Thank you, Sisters of the Sea,” said Benjy faintly, looking up at the mermaids sitting on the frosty snow. “We are getting weak, stuck in this narrow pool and trapped by the ice.”

“If Benjy and the other whales don’t get out to their feeding grounds very soon, they will starve,” added Ana, her eyes dark with worry.

“But what are we going to do, Amber?” whispered Jess urgently. “We can’t just lift the whales out of the hole and drag them over the ice to the sea!”

“I’m not sure what to do yet,” Amber confessed. “But this breathing hole is close to the ice edge, so the whales are trapped very near to the open sea. The wall of ice blocking them in can’t be very thick. What if we found some way of cutting through it?”

“That’s a good idea,” said Megan. “Then the whales could swim through the opening we made and be free again.”

“So what could we use to cut the ice?” wondered Becky.

“I’ve got something that might help,” suggested Ana. “Look—my own little knife that my father carved for me.” She proudly pulled a small, shining blade from a soft bag at her side.

“Thank you, Ana,” said Amber gratefully. “We’ll try that.”

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