Island Ambush by Bindi Irwin

Author:Bindi Irwin
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction
Publisher: Random House Australia
Published: 2011-08-17T04:00:00+00:00

The fisherman was still standing on deck by the open hatch. They could see his feet.

‘Maybe he’s waiting for someone,’ Kelly whispered. ‘We should have a quick look around while the light’s on.’

‘Okay, but first I have to find Lucky!’

Bindi peered through the gaps in the bottom crate. She spotted the little gecko. He was motionless, hiding by the crate’s other side.

Lucky! Bindi tried to poke her fingers through the holes, but she couldn’t reach him. ‘I’ll have to move all the crates off the top, and get to him that way,’ she whispered to Kelly.

‘Well you better wait until Cap’n Sharkbait leaves, otherwise he’ll hear us.’

Just then Lucky darted out from the crate and across the floor. He scurried up the side of a brown sack in the opposite corner, only stopping when he was right on top.

Bindi glanced up at the hatch. The fisherman’s feet were still visible. He hadn’t moved, but Bindi had no idea where he was looking or what he could see from up there.

She decided to chance it. She had to get Lucky back, and they had to try to get some proof about the shark finning fast, so they could get back to Meena’s before she arrived home.

Bindi dashed silently across to Lucky, keeping low. When she’d reached the sack, she crouched down beside it, out of sight of the hatch.

In fact, there were two sacks. Bindi hadn’t noticed them before. They were made of hessian, and tied up with yellow string . . . and they smelled fishy!

Bindi put out her hand and invited Lucky to climb on. He did.

‘Good boy, Lucky.’ She kissed him lightly and popped him back in her pocket.

‘What’s in the sacks?’ Kelly hissed from behind the crates.

‘Don’t know yet.’

Bindi pulled at the yellow string ties on one of the sacks, but they’d been knotted tight. She tugged again. They didn’t untie. She’d have to pick the knots loose. It could take ages.

She started on the first knot. Whoever had tied up the sacks had done a good job. It seemed to take hours to pick the knot loose. Still there was another knot to go.

A voice shouted something loud in Dhevehi. Bindi ducked down behind the sack.

She heard a second voice. Now there were two men talking.

Bindi checked the hatch. She couldn’t see the man’s feet.

She sat up on her haunches and started work on the second knot. This one also seemed to take forever. She could hear the men talking above. Any minute now, she was sure they’d climb down the ladder and discover them.

Finally the knot was loose. She tugged on the strings and pulled the top of the sack open.

It was a grisly sight. There must have been a hundred shark fins, and that was in just one sack. The smell was very strong.

Bindi held her nose with one hand, took a small fin from the top and held it up for Kelly to see.

‘You found ’em!’ Kelly said. ‘Good work, Bindi.’

Bindi gave her friend a quick smile.

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