Hero of Hawaii by Graham Salisbury

Author:Graham Salisbury [Salisbury, Graham]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-375-89795-5
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2011-03-07T16:00:00+00:00

The wind wasn’t nearly as powerful as it had been the day before, but it was still strong.

We ran across the street, through the jungle, and out onto the golf course on the other side. There was no way any golfers would be out on this day.

Long swamp grass along the shore bent in the wind. On sunny days we found lost golf balls in it and sold them back to golfers for a quarter.

The bridge looked the same as always. But the river was very close to having it for a snack.

I grabbed Willy’s arm and held him back. “Too spooky to go out there.”

“Looks okay to me.”

He started out.

I frowned. “Go slow, then,” I said, creeping along behind him. “Better not go at all.”

“It’s fine. Look. It’s solid. Not rocking or anything.”

The water raced under it, a gazillion gallons, all muddy brown and littered with floating junk. The river moved so fast it made the bridge hum. I could feel the vibrations in my feet and legs.

We walked out to the small platform, taking careful steps, ready to run back if the bridge started to feel weird.

So far, so good.

We crept out onto the platform and crouched. The swirling water made me dizzy.

Downriver I could see my house with my skiff high up in the yard. Farther toward the ocean, the road bridge that crossed over into Lanikai only had a small space under it, too, but it sat higher than the one we were on, and it was way stronger.

“Man, look at all the junk in the water,” Willy said.

Branches from the mangroves that lined the river had broken off and were sailing downstream. Some got caught under the bridge.

“Here comes a big one,” I said.

It was mostly submerged, but parts of it stuck out of the water. It was heading right toward us and would go under the platform if it stayed on course. Willy crawled to the edge and looked into the water. “Let’s watch it go by.”

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