Turtle Terror by Ali Sparkes

Author:Ali Sparkes
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group

“Well . . . I more sort of . . . borrowed it,” Josh said. “I was going to give it back to her. She left it behind. In a way.”

Danny swam across to his brother with two easy pushes of his powerful back flippers and high-fived him with a front flipper. “Well, I don’t mind your new crime habit—not when it’s just saved our lives! And this isfantastic ! I love being a turtle! I can really swim! And breathe underwater! How cool is that?”

“Well, you’re not actually breathing underwater,” Josh said. “You’re just holding your breath—you haven’t got gills or anything.”

“It doesn’t feel like I’m holding my breath,” Danny said as they smoothly navigated past a little uprising of rock and wafting seaweed.

“Well—no, it won’t for a bit,” Josh said. “Leatherback turtles can hold their breath for half an hour. We’ve only been under a couple of minutes. You won’t notice you need more air for ages yet.”

“And we’re talking too—how’s that working? Vibrations again?”

“Yep—like when we were frogs. And body language—and maybe a bit of telepathy,” Josh guessed.

“Right—so—let’s get down to the nitty-gritty,” Danny said. “Can anything eat me?”

Josh flippered right up and over in a joyful somersault. “Nothing!” he cried. “Not around here! If we were in another part of the world, a crocodile might have a go—and humans, of course. Turtle tastes pretty good. But here we’re protected!”

Danny did a twisting roll of delight as they traveled on at high speed, barely troubled by the continual push and pull of the tide. “I love conservationists!”

Josh swam down low to inspect the seabed. The sand between the rocks lay in tiny undulating dunes, forever shifting and sifting with the movement of the water. On the rocks, seaweed waved back and forth in a multitude of colors—much more vivid than when it was slumped and still at low tide. Pink and blue sea anemones thrust out their pointed tentacles and joined in the dance. Delicate, semitransparent shrimps foraged among them. Crabs traveled sideways along the sand, moving like astronauts in zero gravity and busily flicking their little mouth parts. They didn’t seem to be scared of the huge leatherback turtles. And Josh and Danny were huge! About three feet long from snout to tail, Josh reckoned—much bigger than the turtles the mice had S.W.I.T.C.H.ed into. Maybe it was because he and Danny had been bigger to start with . . . or maybe the bottle he had “borrowed” had a slightly different S.W.I.T.C.H. in it. Josh didn’t really care. The water felt cool, silky, and comfortable—and it was amazing to be able to power through whenever he felt the urge. “Look at this, Danny!” he called over his leathery shoulder. “Look!” And he shot across the seabed at great speed.

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