Shark Out of Water! by Ace Landers

Author:Ace Landers [Landers, Ace]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Published: 2019-02-16T16:00:00+00:00

Hammerhead zipped back to Porbeagle’s side. Silly shark! she thought. You’re going to scare the kids away by leaping out of the water and baring your teeth!

In the long history between sharks and humans, one thing had always been true. Humans pretended to be big shark fans. They had a whole Shark Week and everything. But when it came to real life … well, humans weren’t the biggest fans of sharks there.

But the kids on this beach loved them. They kept jumping up and down off the sand dunes, and Porbeagle kept jumping out of the ocean. Hammerhead couldn’t believe what she was seeing!

Then the kid with a mop of hair actually did a backflip! Not to be outdone, Mako rocketed out of the water and turned a triple sharkersault, which was when a shark flipped nose over tail and landed with a massive belly flop.

The kids cheered as the splash from Mako’s trick rained down on the beach.

One of the kids held up a round yellow object and whistled. He bounced the object on the hard sand and it darted back up to his hand. Then he threw it toward them.

Oh no! It was all a trap! thought Hammerhead. This was too good to be true. The humans must have thrown some sort of shark repellent device at us!

Hammerhead ducked and waited for an explosion or an electric net to cover her, but the yellow object simply plopped in the water and floated above them. Hammerhead was not going to go near that thing.

Porbeagle, on the other hand, had to have it now! The shark wagged his tail and swam up like a torpedo, snagging the yellow object in his mouth. It was furry and wet and super chewy. While he was in the air, he saw the kids waving their arms. They must want this fuzzy, chewy thing back. So Porbeagle spit it out and smacked it with his tail.

The round thing flew through the air to the kids, who caught it. Then they all screamed with excitement.

Hammerhead wished she could make the kids cheer like that. Their laughter brought a smile to her face and it felt amazing. She circled the ocean floor, trying to think of what she could do to impress the humans.

Porbeagle swam up to his friend and nudged her forward.

Stop it, thought Hammerhead. I’m concentrating over here!

But Porbeagle wouldn’t leave her alone. The small shark zipped all around her until she nearly scraped her fins on the colorful shells on the ocean floor.

Hey, shells! thought Hammerhead. I could build the kids something from these!

Porbeagle nodded wildly and helped collect shells for Hammerhead. Mako helped too. Hammerhead worked in a creative fever. The water around her bubbled with the frantic imagination of a true shark artist at work. Mako and Porbeagle looked on as the dazzling display of shells formed into something new. Never before had Hammerhead’s fins moved with such certainty. It was as if the sculpture were making itself.

When they finished, the three sharks moved back to admire the creation.

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