Wild Rescuers: Sentinels in the Deep Ocean by Stacy Plays

Author:Stacy Plays
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollinsPublishers
Published: 2020-11-18T00:00:00+00:00

Eleven

STACY GASPED WHEN the cold water slapped up against her legs as she ran into the waves. A shiver started up her body, but before it could reach her waist, Stacy dove into a coming wave, soaking her entire body. She came up for a gulp of air and then began swimming as quickly as she could toward the animal.

I should have known I’d find an animal to rescue here at the beach. . . . I seem to find one no matter where I go.

She swam for a minute or two and then glanced behind her as she continued to paddle. She could see Page and Molly far in the distance, looking nervously at her from the beach. Stacy hadn’t meant to go out this far into the ocean, but the animal kept swimming farther away—it was obviously weak and being pushed out with the current. Stacy stuck her head down in the water and swam as fast as she could for the length of another breath. She blew bubbles out through her nose and paddled vigorously until she needed to come up for more air. When she broke through the water, she saw that she was an arm’s length away from her rescue target, but that the animal she’d seen from the beach wasn’t an animal at all. It was a tangle of trash. Just some aluminum cans, plastic bags, and candy wrappers—all held together by a twisted knot of twine and seaweed.

Trash? Why would there be a bunch of trash floating in the ocean? Stacy reached her arms out and turned the garbage over in the water, examining it. The campers up the shore! Stacy was so angry. I swam all the way out here for nothing? Just to . . . to rescue a pile of litter! She calmed herself by thinking about how it was actually a very good thing that there wasn’t an animal who needed rescuing, but she was still upset about it. And exhausted too. In fact, Stacy was so tired from the swim out that even treading water was proving difficult for her. Stacy looked back at the beach where Page and Molly were. They were just tiny specks on the sand now. She was so far out in the ocean! Stacy swallowed the little lump of panic that bubbled up inside of her. It’s fine. I’ll just swim back to shore now. Stacy began paddling back toward the coast, but no matter how hard she swam, she kept getting pushed farther and farther out to sea. What’s happening? Am I just too tired? Stacy’s legs and arms ached, but she kept swimming, determined to get back to Page and Molly. Another minute passed and Stacy looked up to see she wasn’t any closer. She stopped swimming and decided to tread water for a bit to regain some energy before swimming again. But even dog-paddling was too hard for her now. The water was pushing her backward. I think I’m in

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