The lifeguard saw five people in trouble far from shore. They took the IRB but a large wave caused the other lifeguard to fall overboard. More rescue boats and lifeguards were sent to help. One person was stuck near rocks in a hole, others were stung by jellyfish, and three girls were trapped in a net. The missing lifeguard was found safe. It was an award-winning rescue involving many people in danger.
Recount text that I made for my home assignment at Unindra. This can be used for English lesson for Recount text genre. It can also be used for personal narrative as it is in chronological order. It may be used for EAL (English as Additional Language) or EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classes for Intermediate level. It may be applicable for Junior high school EAL/EFL students. Reading passages can be cut up into several parts for comprehension checks or activities. Teaching recount text can be easy when personal experiences is the topic, holiday.
The story describes five identical Chinese brothers who each have a unique superpower. When the first brother is wrongly accused of a crime, each brother in turn takes his place and uses his power to escape punishment, frustrating the village. Eventually, the fifth brother endures being trapped in an oven overnight with whipped cream and emerges unharmed. The brothers' extraordinary abilities allow them to avoid punishment through deception and undermine the village's attempts to enforce justice.
The story tells of five identical Chinese brothers who each have a unique superpower. When the first brother is wrongly accused of a crime, each brother in turn takes his place and uses his power to escape punishment, frustrating the village. Each time, the brother asks to visit their mother first, which the judge allows. In the end, the fifth brother escapes by hiding in a brick oven filled with whipped cream overnight. The brothers' bond and unique abilities allow them to outwit the strict village time and again as they look out for each other.
Short Stories For Children - ArvindGuptaToys Books Gallery ( PDFDrive ).pdfAnna University Chennai
This summary provides the key details from the short story "Man Overboard" in 3 sentences:
The story describes a young girl named Vasantha who is traveling by ship from Madras to Singapore. During a storm, an elderly man falls overboard and Vasantha alerts the captain, prompting a rescue operation. The crew is able to save the man and bring him back onboard for medical treatment.
The document describes the author's experience traveling to Cambodia and learning about freshwater dolphins in Asia. They booked a tour on the Mekong River and spotted about six dolphins, which looked different than expected. Later, the author went fishing with a local fisherman and his son to better understand the relationship between the fishermen and dolphins. The dolphins helped the fishermen catch fish and were rewarded with attention and some of the catch. The author found feeding and interacting with the dolphins to be a very interesting and joyful experience.
Recount text that I made for my home assignment at Unindra. This can be used for English lesson for Recount text genre. It can also be used for personal narrative as it is in chronological order. It may be used for EAL (English as Additional Language) or EFL (English as a Foreign Language) classes for Intermediate level. It may be applicable for Junior high school EAL/EFL students. Reading passages can be cut up into several parts for comprehension checks or activities. Teaching recount text can be easy when personal experiences is the topic, holiday.
The story describes five identical Chinese brothers who each have a unique superpower. When the first brother is wrongly accused of a crime, each brother in turn takes his place and uses his power to escape punishment, frustrating the village. Eventually, the fifth brother endures being trapped in an oven overnight with whipped cream and emerges unharmed. The brothers' extraordinary abilities allow them to avoid punishment through deception and undermine the village's attempts to enforce justice.
The story tells of five identical Chinese brothers who each have a unique superpower. When the first brother is wrongly accused of a crime, each brother in turn takes his place and uses his power to escape punishment, frustrating the village. Each time, the brother asks to visit their mother first, which the judge allows. In the end, the fifth brother escapes by hiding in a brick oven filled with whipped cream overnight. The brothers' bond and unique abilities allow them to outwit the strict village time and again as they look out for each other.
Short Stories For Children - ArvindGuptaToys Books Gallery ( PDFDrive ).pdfAnna University Chennai
This summary provides the key details from the short story "Man Overboard" in 3 sentences:
The story describes a young girl named Vasantha who is traveling by ship from Madras to Singapore. During a storm, an elderly man falls overboard and Vasantha alerts the captain, prompting a rescue operation. The crew is able to save the man and bring him back onboard for medical treatment.
The document describes the author's experience traveling to Cambodia and learning about freshwater dolphins in Asia. They booked a tour on the Mekong River and spotted about six dolphins, which looked different than expected. Later, the author went fishing with a local fisherman and his son to better understand the relationship between the fishermen and dolphins. The dolphins helped the fishermen catch fish and were rewarded with attention and some of the catch. The author found feeding and interacting with the dolphins to be a very interesting and joyful experience.
Damon's narrative describes waking up alone in his house and going outside to meet his friend Jon. They decide to go to the mall but an ambulance passes by quickly, causing Damon to get a bad feeling. They follow the ambulance and find it at Damon's house, where his father stole and crashed his mother's car while fleeing from police. Damon's father is arrested and Damon leaves Kentucky, losing contact with his father and friend Jon.
Jesse's narrative describes going kayaking and duck hunting with his friend Lee on a cold, foggy day. They encounter dangerous rapids with many submerged rocks. Both kayaks hit rocks at different points, with Lee nearly drowning after his kayak
1) Three children find an injured cuttlefish creature that crashed near their park in a glass bubble. They take it to a professor who can communicate with it.
2) Using the professor's inventions, they learn the cuttlefish is an explorer from the deep sea who is being pursued by a mysterious "Agency man".
3) The children help the cuttlefish return to the ocean. They also free an octopus they had befriended. Both creatures escape the Agency man.
The speaker went to the beach and saw a large wave in the water. They ran into the calm, blue water but were constrained by the rising tide and current from swimming farther out. While watching the beautiful sunset, a woman told the speaker their hair looked like a lollipop. Later an assailant destroyed the speaker's painting of the sunset scene. The reasons for the attack were deemed groundless and without cause.
A 9-year-old boy named Kieran Odhav hears on his police radio about a pirate causing trouble in town. He dresses up as a police officer to go catch the pirate. After following some suspicious men and escaping from the pirate's crew, Kieran tracks the pirate to a secret building. He breaks down the locked doors with bombs and shoots sticky goo from his gun to capture the pirate. Kieran arrests the pirate, who is sentenced to 10 years in jail.
This document is a diary entry describing the experience of being captured in Africa and sold into slavery. The narrator is captured while hunting and taken to the coast, where they are imprisoned on a ship along with other captives. During the grueling Middle Passage across the Atlantic, many captives die from disease or suffocation in the crowded conditions. Upon arriving in America, the survivors are sold at auction and the narrator is purchased to work on a plantation. Life there is difficult, with long work hours, meager housing, and brutal punishment including whipping and death for disobedience. The narrator thinks of their family in Africa and wonders if they will ever see them again.
The boys are shocked when their dad announces that they will be going to sea for a year. They adjust to life on their boat, but their dad suffers a serious shark bite. The boys take on more responsibilities while he recovers. Later, their dad disappears during a storm. The boys are stranded at sea without him. They eventually make it to an island but face more hardships, including a broken leg. They are eventually rescued and reunited with their dad, though Ben struggles to accept his explanation for disappearing. In the end, Ben chooses to stay with his family.
The E-learning team took a field trip to the Maritime Museum and Journey to the Deep exhibit. They split into groups and explored the museum, seeing artifacts like a pirate ship. Then they had lunch and some classes went to Journey to the Deep, where they learned about sea creatures from a turtle, crab, and musical performance. They saw pollution in the ocean and beautiful starfish. At the end they met Henimoana, the god of the sea, and were reminded to care for the ocean.
The E-learning team took a field trip to the Maritime Museum and Journey to the Deep exhibit. They split into groups and explored the museum, seeing artifacts like a pirate ship. Then they had lunch and some classes went to Journey to the Deep, where they learned about sea creatures from a turtle, crab, and musical presentation. They saw pollution in the ocean and beautiful starfish. At the end they met Henimoana, the god of the sea, and were reminded to care for the ocean.
This document contains summaries of several creative writing submissions for a competition in 2013. It includes stories about a 100-year-old giraffe, a spy on a recycling mission to save the world, children stranded on an island after a boating trip goes wrong, finding a mysterious envelope containing a map, helping a whale by finding a special plant, and being replaced on Earth by an uninvited visitor.
1) Three brothers named Ben, Louie and Douie went on a quest for Princess Ashleigh to find the rarest diamond stone that could heal anyone from illness, as a virus had spread across the land making many people sick.
2) In their journey, the brothers encountered dangerous obstacles like an river full of electric eels and a cave full of weird creatures.
3) They eventually made it to the massive Castle of Life where the diamond stone was located, but the innkeeper Haccer tried to stop them. Ben tricked and stabbed Haccer to get the stone.
4) The brothers returned home with the stone, and when Princess Ashleigh used it, the stone's powers healed
Tsunamis occur due to undersea earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides. As the wave enters shallow coastal waters, it slows down and grows dramatically in height. When the tsunami reaches land, it can cause devastating flooding and destruction from its immense power. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami showed that while earthquakes cannot be predicted, tsunamis can be detected with sensors and their impact assessed using computer modeling - however most nations around the Indian Ocean lacked a proper warning system, costing many lives.
Chelsey and five friends went on a canoe trip from Grand Falls, New Brunswick to Grand Manan Island to see whales. On Monday they packed and began their trip, stopping in Limestone that evening. On Tuesday they explored a camp near Holton and ensured the canoes were divided evenly between boys and girls. On Wednesday they stopped for food in Woodland and had to portage around dangerous rocks. They reached Grand Manan Island on Thursday where they met a man named Tristan who worked with whales, and he let them camp and see the whales up close for eight more days.
1) The narrator travels around Australia, visiting Sydney, vineyards in the Hunter region, and Kings Cross where he is tranquilized after witnessing a shooting.
2) He awakens tied up on a boat near the Great Barrier Reef and frees himself by cutting the ropes. On a nearby island, he encounters wildlife like crocodiles and birds.
3) He washes up on a beach in Queensland and encounters nudists before continuing on to Brisbane. While there, he is knocked out after confronting the people who had kidnapped him.
4) Waking in the Outback, he journeys to Ayers Rock and climbs to the top, getting help to return to Queensland and fly from
1) Sarah, John, Tim, Adam, and the pilot were on a small plane that crashed landed on a strange island after Tim's video game interfered with the plane's instruments.
2) They took their prize-winning boat to the island but it was damaged by piranhas, forcing them to swim ashore.
3) After finding food and shelter, they heard strange drumming noises in the night and decided to investigate, leading them into dangerous traps in the forest.
An adventure to the center of the earthElliemarie123
A group of scuba divers discovered a hidden underwater cave that led to the center of the Earth. They brought supplies and explored each layer, encountering strange phenomena like hot cupcakes, lava bunnies, and blueberries. They interviewed with a news station about their adventure and showed rocks and photos from the journey. However, people stopped believing their story when another child claimed to discover the fountain of youth.
The document discusses the definition and purpose of a narrative text. A narrative tells a fictional or factual story and aims to entertain readers. It typically includes an orientation that introduces characters and setting, a complication involving problems, a resolution that solves the problems, and sometimes a coda with lessons learned. An example narrative is provided about a man shipwrecked on an island who is rescued after building a smoke signal fire.
The document describes the journey of a blue whale swimming in the Pacific ocean. He encounters a large object that turns out to be a fishing net. After hours trapped in the net, he sees writing on an unknown object that says "WHALE POACHING ACADEMY". He manages to escape the net and continues swimming, coming across beautiful fish. Realizing winter is coming, he decides to swim to a remote place to mate and save the whales from being hunted. After a long journey, he arrives at the location and has saved the whales forever.
The document describes the journey of a blue whale swimming in the Pacific ocean. He encounters a large object that turns out to be a fishing net. After hours trapped in the net, he sees writing on an unknown object that says "WHALE POACHING ACADEMY". He manages to escape the net and continues swimming, coming across beautiful fish. Realizing winter is coming, he decides to swim to a remote place to mate and save the whales from being hunted. After a long journey, he arrives at the location and has saved the whales forever.
Holly is sent on an urgent mission by her boss Mr. Crow to investigate an unknown creature in the Pacific Ocean. With little information, Holly travels in a small submarine into the deep, dark waters. She hears a strange noise and finds a bizarre hybrid creature with a human head, owl eyes, koala ears, ant antennas, and shark bottom half. Holly grabs the creature's arm and squeezes them both into the submarine to return to her office. Her boss congratulates her on completing the mission and Holly names the unique new discovery "Sharky."
The narrator returns to school after summer break and befriends a new student named Dappy. They are bullied by a group of students, and during a confrontation in the cafeteria, one of the bullies stabs and kills Dappy. Devastated by the loss of his only friend, the narrator plans to take revenge against the bullies.
The narrator describes their silly brothers who built their houses out of weak materials like straw and sticks that could blow away, while the narrator built their house from strong bricks. When a tall wolf came and demanded to be let into the houses, he huffed and puffed and blew down the brothers' houses but could not blow down the narrator's brick house. The narrator realizes they were wrong to think the brothers' houses would fall down so easily.
Three little girl pigs lived in a blue house with a big swimming pool, lots of flowers, and a big tree. One day they had a picnic with yummy cheese sandwiches. They lived happily ever after.
Damon's narrative describes waking up alone in his house and going outside to meet his friend Jon. They decide to go to the mall but an ambulance passes by quickly, causing Damon to get a bad feeling. They follow the ambulance and find it at Damon's house, where his father stole and crashed his mother's car while fleeing from police. Damon's father is arrested and Damon leaves Kentucky, losing contact with his father and friend Jon.
Jesse's narrative describes going kayaking and duck hunting with his friend Lee on a cold, foggy day. They encounter dangerous rapids with many submerged rocks. Both kayaks hit rocks at different points, with Lee nearly drowning after his kayak
1) Three children find an injured cuttlefish creature that crashed near their park in a glass bubble. They take it to a professor who can communicate with it.
2) Using the professor's inventions, they learn the cuttlefish is an explorer from the deep sea who is being pursued by a mysterious "Agency man".
3) The children help the cuttlefish return to the ocean. They also free an octopus they had befriended. Both creatures escape the Agency man.
The speaker went to the beach and saw a large wave in the water. They ran into the calm, blue water but were constrained by the rising tide and current from swimming farther out. While watching the beautiful sunset, a woman told the speaker their hair looked like a lollipop. Later an assailant destroyed the speaker's painting of the sunset scene. The reasons for the attack were deemed groundless and without cause.
A 9-year-old boy named Kieran Odhav hears on his police radio about a pirate causing trouble in town. He dresses up as a police officer to go catch the pirate. After following some suspicious men and escaping from the pirate's crew, Kieran tracks the pirate to a secret building. He breaks down the locked doors with bombs and shoots sticky goo from his gun to capture the pirate. Kieran arrests the pirate, who is sentenced to 10 years in jail.
This document is a diary entry describing the experience of being captured in Africa and sold into slavery. The narrator is captured while hunting and taken to the coast, where they are imprisoned on a ship along with other captives. During the grueling Middle Passage across the Atlantic, many captives die from disease or suffocation in the crowded conditions. Upon arriving in America, the survivors are sold at auction and the narrator is purchased to work on a plantation. Life there is difficult, with long work hours, meager housing, and brutal punishment including whipping and death for disobedience. The narrator thinks of their family in Africa and wonders if they will ever see them again.
The boys are shocked when their dad announces that they will be going to sea for a year. They adjust to life on their boat, but their dad suffers a serious shark bite. The boys take on more responsibilities while he recovers. Later, their dad disappears during a storm. The boys are stranded at sea without him. They eventually make it to an island but face more hardships, including a broken leg. They are eventually rescued and reunited with their dad, though Ben struggles to accept his explanation for disappearing. In the end, Ben chooses to stay with his family.
The E-learning team took a field trip to the Maritime Museum and Journey to the Deep exhibit. They split into groups and explored the museum, seeing artifacts like a pirate ship. Then they had lunch and some classes went to Journey to the Deep, where they learned about sea creatures from a turtle, crab, and musical performance. They saw pollution in the ocean and beautiful starfish. At the end they met Henimoana, the god of the sea, and were reminded to care for the ocean.
The E-learning team took a field trip to the Maritime Museum and Journey to the Deep exhibit. They split into groups and explored the museum, seeing artifacts like a pirate ship. Then they had lunch and some classes went to Journey to the Deep, where they learned about sea creatures from a turtle, crab, and musical presentation. They saw pollution in the ocean and beautiful starfish. At the end they met Henimoana, the god of the sea, and were reminded to care for the ocean.
This document contains summaries of several creative writing submissions for a competition in 2013. It includes stories about a 100-year-old giraffe, a spy on a recycling mission to save the world, children stranded on an island after a boating trip goes wrong, finding a mysterious envelope containing a map, helping a whale by finding a special plant, and being replaced on Earth by an uninvited visitor.
1) Three brothers named Ben, Louie and Douie went on a quest for Princess Ashleigh to find the rarest diamond stone that could heal anyone from illness, as a virus had spread across the land making many people sick.
2) In their journey, the brothers encountered dangerous obstacles like an river full of electric eels and a cave full of weird creatures.
3) They eventually made it to the massive Castle of Life where the diamond stone was located, but the innkeeper Haccer tried to stop them. Ben tricked and stabbed Haccer to get the stone.
4) The brothers returned home with the stone, and when Princess Ashleigh used it, the stone's powers healed
Tsunamis occur due to undersea earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or landslides. As the wave enters shallow coastal waters, it slows down and grows dramatically in height. When the tsunami reaches land, it can cause devastating flooding and destruction from its immense power. The 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami showed that while earthquakes cannot be predicted, tsunamis can be detected with sensors and their impact assessed using computer modeling - however most nations around the Indian Ocean lacked a proper warning system, costing many lives.
Chelsey and five friends went on a canoe trip from Grand Falls, New Brunswick to Grand Manan Island to see whales. On Monday they packed and began their trip, stopping in Limestone that evening. On Tuesday they explored a camp near Holton and ensured the canoes were divided evenly between boys and girls. On Wednesday they stopped for food in Woodland and had to portage around dangerous rocks. They reached Grand Manan Island on Thursday where they met a man named Tristan who worked with whales, and he let them camp and see the whales up close for eight more days.
1) The narrator travels around Australia, visiting Sydney, vineyards in the Hunter region, and Kings Cross where he is tranquilized after witnessing a shooting.
2) He awakens tied up on a boat near the Great Barrier Reef and frees himself by cutting the ropes. On a nearby island, he encounters wildlife like crocodiles and birds.
3) He washes up on a beach in Queensland and encounters nudists before continuing on to Brisbane. While there, he is knocked out after confronting the people who had kidnapped him.
4) Waking in the Outback, he journeys to Ayers Rock and climbs to the top, getting help to return to Queensland and fly from
1) Sarah, John, Tim, Adam, and the pilot were on a small plane that crashed landed on a strange island after Tim's video game interfered with the plane's instruments.
2) They took their prize-winning boat to the island but it was damaged by piranhas, forcing them to swim ashore.
3) After finding food and shelter, they heard strange drumming noises in the night and decided to investigate, leading them into dangerous traps in the forest.
An adventure to the center of the earthElliemarie123
A group of scuba divers discovered a hidden underwater cave that led to the center of the Earth. They brought supplies and explored each layer, encountering strange phenomena like hot cupcakes, lava bunnies, and blueberries. They interviewed with a news station about their adventure and showed rocks and photos from the journey. However, people stopped believing their story when another child claimed to discover the fountain of youth.
The document discusses the definition and purpose of a narrative text. A narrative tells a fictional or factual story and aims to entertain readers. It typically includes an orientation that introduces characters and setting, a complication involving problems, a resolution that solves the problems, and sometimes a coda with lessons learned. An example narrative is provided about a man shipwrecked on an island who is rescued after building a smoke signal fire.
The document describes the journey of a blue whale swimming in the Pacific ocean. He encounters a large object that turns out to be a fishing net. After hours trapped in the net, he sees writing on an unknown object that says "WHALE POACHING ACADEMY". He manages to escape the net and continues swimming, coming across beautiful fish. Realizing winter is coming, he decides to swim to a remote place to mate and save the whales from being hunted. After a long journey, he arrives at the location and has saved the whales forever.
The document describes the journey of a blue whale swimming in the Pacific ocean. He encounters a large object that turns out to be a fishing net. After hours trapped in the net, he sees writing on an unknown object that says "WHALE POACHING ACADEMY". He manages to escape the net and continues swimming, coming across beautiful fish. Realizing winter is coming, he decides to swim to a remote place to mate and save the whales from being hunted. After a long journey, he arrives at the location and has saved the whales forever.
Holly is sent on an urgent mission by her boss Mr. Crow to investigate an unknown creature in the Pacific Ocean. With little information, Holly travels in a small submarine into the deep, dark waters. She hears a strange noise and finds a bizarre hybrid creature with a human head, owl eyes, koala ears, ant antennas, and shark bottom half. Holly grabs the creature's arm and squeezes them both into the submarine to return to her office. Her boss congratulates her on completing the mission and Holly names the unique new discovery "Sharky."
The narrator returns to school after summer break and befriends a new student named Dappy. They are bullied by a group of students, and during a confrontation in the cafeteria, one of the bullies stabs and kills Dappy. Devastated by the loss of his only friend, the narrator plans to take revenge against the bullies.
The narrator describes their silly brothers who built their houses out of weak materials like straw and sticks that could blow away, while the narrator built their house from strong bricks. When a tall wolf came and demanded to be let into the houses, he huffed and puffed and blew down the brothers' houses but could not blow down the narrator's brick house. The narrator realizes they were wrong to think the brothers' houses would fall down so easily.
Three little girl pigs lived in a blue house with a big swimming pool, lots of flowers, and a big tree. One day they had a picnic with yummy cheese sandwiches. They lived happily ever after.
The wolf claims that the story of the Three Little Pigs is untrue and provides his version of events. According to the wolf, he went to the pigs' house seeking cough medicine when his cough worsened during a snowstorm. However, the pigs refused to let him in out of fear despite his insistence that he just needed medicine. Due to his violent coughing, he accidentally blew down the first pig's house. Still seeking help, he went to the second pig's house but was rejected again. Exhausted and still without medicine, he finally saw that the chemist had reopened after its lunch break.
Two pigs built houses of straw and sticks that were easily blown down by a wolf. They fled to their brother's house made of bricks, which withstood the wolf's huffing and puffing. When the wolf tried to enter down the chimney, the pigs lit a fire, causing the wolf to fall in and end his threats.
The big bad wolf sees the three little pigs and their mother and proposes marriage to the mother. The mother accepts but the pigs realize he is actually the big bad wolf. That night while the wolf sleeps, the pigs boil him in water, badly burning him. The mother is shocked to learn her new husband is actually the wolf. Despite his burns, the wolf plots his revenge on the pigs.
The story describes three little pigs - one built a house of stone, one of wood, and one of straw. When the wolf comes knocking at each door demanding to be let in, the pigs refuse. Each time the wolf threatens to huff and puff and blow the house down. He is able to destroy the houses of straw and wood but not the stone house. At the third pig's house, the wolf goes down the chimney and is boiled in a pot.
AJW tells the story of needing tape and visiting the three little pigs' houses. At the first two houses, AJW sneezes and finds the pigs dead, eating them. At the third house, the pig is rude but accepts AJW's invitation to tea, where AJW gets the needed tape.
The three little pigs each built a house out of different materials - straw, sticks, and bricks. The wolf was able to easily destroy the houses made of straw and sticks, but could not break into the brick house. In the end, the wolf released the pigs and went home empty-handed, getting scolded by his mother.
Three little pigs left their mother's house and each built their own home - the first out of straw, the second out of sticks, and the third out of bricks. The big bad wolf huffed and puffed and blew down the straw and stick houses, but could not blow down the brick house.
The three little pigs built houses of different materials, with the third pig's house being made of steel. The wolf huffed and puffed but was unable to blow down any of the houses. Exhausted, the wolf went home to rest while the pigs enjoyed a picnic. Later, the wolf made friends with the pigs and they had drinks together at the third pig's strong house.
The three little pigs move out and build their own houses. When the wolf smells a delicious smell coming from the pigs' house, he asks to come in but is refused. The wolf then leaves, ending the interaction between him and the three little pigs.
The fox huffed and puffed and blew down the house of the first two little pigs, eating them. Exhausted, the fox went to the river to drink and then to the third pig's stronger house. When the pig arrived, the fox said he was there to eat the pig too. That night, the fox sneaked into the house and ate the third pig as well, living happily ever after.
The three little pigs went off on their own and each built a house out of different materials - straw, sticks, and bricks. The big bad wolf blew down the houses of straw and sticks, eating the second little pig, while the house of bricks stood strong and protected the two pigs from the wolf.
Three little pigs named Jeffry, Scot, and Josh each built houses out of different materials. Jeffry's house of hay was blown down by the wolf. He fled to Scot's house of leaves, which was also blown down. They escaped to Josh's brick house, where the wolf tried to enter down the chimney but burned his tail in a pot of boiling water. The wolf fled and was never seen again.
A.J. Wolf tells the true story of the three little pigs, claiming that he did not blow down their houses of straw and sticks. According to Wolf, he went to the pigs' houses looking for firewood because he had run out and was sick. When none of the pigs answered or their houses fell down from his coughing, he took some wood from the third pig's wood shop and went home. The next day, Wolf says the pigs smashed down their own houses and blamed him, even claiming he ate his brother.
The three little pigs said goodbye to their mother and left home. The first pig built a house of straw that the wolf blew down, and the second pig built a house of sticks that suffered the same fate. The third little pig built his house of bricks, which withstood the wolf's blows, allowing him to defeat the wolf and ensure his safety.
1. OUR LIFEGUARD STORIES We have been learning about the role and responsibility of a lifeguard. Here are our stories as we take on the role of a lifeguard
2. It was a stinking hot day and millions of people were down at the amazing Bondi Beach. Suddenly I saw a swimmer in a rip. I raced out of the lifeguard tower. I dived down into the IRB. We raced out to her. I pulled her in. As we were turning the boat I saw another man getting slammed against the rocks. My heart was racing, I dived in and swum to him. He wrapped the tube around him and I swum back to the boat. Then I saw a swimmer drowning in a wave. I told Chris to go back to the shore. I grabbed the tube and swum to her. I had to think quickly, Zed had already taken an IRB and met me at the swimmer. We got to her just in time. BTG
3. My first day as a lifeguard. I jumped out of bed. Got my gear. It was raining at my house. I listened to the forecast. It’s supposed to be raining. I packed all my wet weather gear that I could fit in my bag. When I got to Foxton Beach to do patrol it was HOT HOT HOT!! Loads of people were at the beach. “ We just put out the flags,” said Lucas my instructor. “It’s all safe for now but it’s been raining far out at sea,” he said with a sad sounding voice. “So the waves might get bigger?” I said. “Unfortunately yes,” he replied. At lunch time it all started. The waves were crashing, everyone was getting worried even the kids on the sand were getting worried about their brothers, sisters and parents out at sea because of the big waves. Suddenly a seven metre dumper came in. There’s a hand up on top of the dumper. Get the IRB!! Hurry, hurry, HURRY!! Lucas, Zed and I got into the IRB. Soon we met the ginormous seven metre wave. “ How do we get to the top of a seven metre wave?!” I yelled above the humungous crash. The crash was like a deafening loud whirl of wind. When it caught us up, I yelled, “Turn around and catch the wave like we’re on a boogie board. We’ll have only a few seconds to save him!” But by the time I had finished talking the moment passed. Go, GO, GO. We caught up and Lucas pulled him by the arms. He was slipping. I manoeuvred the motor so were close to him. “Zed, help him!” I yelled. Zed jumped into the water and pushed the young boy into the boat. I heard an even bigger crash and looked behind me. A ten metre tidal wave was coming up and fast. “ Hold on to the side, Zed” I shouted. I put the IRB at full throttle but the ten metre wave still crept up on us. We just got back in time to jump of the IRB and get every body off the beach. We all made it before the tidal wave hit. We all got very wet, nobody died. Phew! The only bad thing was we lost the IRB. CS
4. One day I saw a blue bottle on the sand. I sprinted to it, picked it up and tossed it back into the sea. It was still alive. I then put up two flags. I saw two ginormous rips. A swimmer was caught in a rip. I scrambled into the IRB. I drove the boat and another lifeguard was holding the boat down. Another lifeguard, on the hot sand. One lifeguard radioed in saying ‘ Keani, come in’. I said, “Yes, the swimmer is on board, get the ambulance quick”. Suddenly I saw a sweeper behind us. I radioed Daniel in. I saw Liam and George in the other IRB coming up to help us with the rescuing. I saw the ambulance turn up just in time. When the ambulance went, I went back to sea again. When I went out to sea Liam and George’s engines exploded. I was terrified. I though that they had died. I heard someone yelling, it was Liam. He was yelling about a wave. George was knocked out because he was hit with a surfboard. I dived in. I saw George, suddenly a humungous wave came up and swallowed me whole. It felt like I was bitten by something large. I felt a hand. It was Abby she was carrying me back to shore. KD
5. It was a Saturday morning and a very hot day. The lifeguards were just getting up and ready for the day. Today the senior lifeguards were on duty. Suddenly Daniel saw someone metres from the rocks. Keani and I got the IRB as quick as we could. We rushed it to the man but he started to drift through to the Key Hole. The Key Hole is a hole that is caved in rocks. George, Zane and Tom got IRB 2. They raced to the Key Hole, Zane jumped into the water and swam over to the man. He was lying down with his head facing down. Zane rushed after the man as he was drifting very fast through the Key Hole. Suddenly I saw another man in the current he was drifting out to sea. Keani started the engine. We raced over to the man, I picked him up, raced to shore and dropped him off. Then zoomed over to Tom and George. Zane had got the man but they were still drifting through the Key Hole. Keani and I raced to shore, we ran to the other side of the rocks and swam over to the Key Hole. Zane was right there at the end of the Key Hole. We dragged him in. It was 6 o’clock, we started to pack up and went home. LK
6. I was sitting at Foxton Beach on the silky sand. There was Tom and Brandon surfing that day. Zed and I raced off in the IRB because they had fallen off their surfboards. A huge wave had bowled them over. They were struggling to swim back to shore. Matthew got the phone like superman. He called the ambulance really fast. As soon as the ambulance arrived we had them up at the top of the sand. They were saved by the ambulance people because of the heart start. LH
7. One Sunday I got out of bed and got ready and packed my lunch. I got in my car and went to Piha Beach. When I got out of my car I heard someone screaming. I sprinted to the shed and rushed to the IRB and hurried to the water. Lucas and Zed had just arrived. They saw me. They followed me to the boat and we all went out. She was stuck in fishing rope and we cut her out. Oh, no! She couldn’t reach my hand. We lost her. She was stuck in a rip and drifting off. Lucas dived off the boat. Lucas saw her. It was too far to go in the boat because we didn’t have enough petrol. ‘Lucas, you need to swim to her and stay with her, we’ll get the Westpac Helicopter,” I said. We went back to shore and rang the Westpac Rescue Helicopter. It took them a few minutes to come. Finally they arrived. We showed them where she was. The Westpac helicopter has picked her up Lucas come to the shore. The girl was fine but she was freezing cold. MC
8. It was a boiling hot and sunny day. Every single person was at the beach. It was a mission keeping an eye one everyone. Suddenly I saw a hand up in the air. I ran and got a rescue tube. I got all the other lifeguards to get the IRB out and we started to zoom and rescue the person. They were out of their depth. We had gone past her so we turned around, we got close enough to grab her. I asked if she was all right. She said, “Yes”. Then I saw a person by the rocks, then there was a big wave coming. I zoomed in the IRB. I pulled him in just in time. Fifteen seconds after I saved him the wave came. He was lucky. After I had a few minutes rest, I got a message on my walkie-talkie from the club saying they saw a saw a hand in the air. The person was in a rip, they couldn’t swim. The IRB wouldn’t start so I just got a rescue tube and swan out to save the person. I got the person to float there for a limit of time so I could get the IRB out. I started the IRB and zoomed out to get the person. Suddenly she had disappeared. She was missing. I searched everywhere but I couldn’t see her. Suddenly I saw something floating. Then I noticed she had a bite mark on her, a shark had killed her. We zoomed in the IRB and put up signs to say there was a shark in the water. We took her to the shore and had a better look at her. I noticed it was a great white shark. It was only a baby from the size of the bite mark. It became dark so everyone went home. So I biked back home. SLR
9. Help, Help, Help, Help, Help! Five helps means five people in trouble!! I dived into the IRB and raced out. I picked up four people but the fifth person was tangled in seaweed. I went to get the knife but when we went over a bump it had fallen overboard. So we went back to get another one. We went back to the man but he was gone. There he was face down in the water. It took both Jayden and I to pull him in. We took him to shore and gave him CPR. He jumped up. Then he spewed up water. We lifted him onto the bed and rolled him in the ambulance and he sped off. ZF
10. It was a scorching hot day at the beach. When I got to the beach I was watching everyone. We put the red and yellow flags out. The sand was hot like a fire. At morning tea I had to still look out but…I saw a person dunking in the waves. We got the IRB and I had to rush. I said to Zed “ Stop, come on. The person needs our help!” Zed drove the boat out to sea. The person drowned. But then I saw something. It looked like Abby trying to get back to shore. I got Abby in. Zed said “Let’s give her CPR”. We tried to hear her heart but her heart did not beat. Not even a sound. Matthew gave a life pump. It didn’t work. A big wave came in the boat. The motor didn’t work. I told Daniel to send three more lifeguards. Daniel sent George and Liam. “Get Lucas right now”, I yelled. “We need him now, Daniel. We found a person struggling in a rip and we need to get her to shore. Lucas got another giant humungous boat. He grabbed George and Liam. They raced out to my IRB. Luckily Abby survived. TN
11. It was a hot day and there were heaps of people at the beach. Some of the people were swimming between the flags. Some people were fishing. There were some people who weren’t swimming between the flags. I am going to rescue the people stuck in the rip. OC
12. It was a peaceful day at Piha beach. I was patrolling the main stretch of shore just outside the Lifeguard Clubhouse, where many more Lifeguards are carefully watching. It’s the holidays, which means all beaches are busy, especially Piha. It’s like watching a colony of ants! But luckily no accidents today. Day 2 and I just got a heart racing message! I ran like a Tsunami to the code red situation of intense misery! At first sight all I see is a terrified group of people and a few kids staring out at sea, mouths open wide. As I approached, I nearly fainted as the story unravelled . . .! A ladies left foot had been bitten clean off by something or someone! It must have been Jack, a swift Mako shark in the area! He’s attacked two times before. One victim of the past was even killed because of blood loss. Meanwhile at the latest attack, the ambulance arrives and immediately takes the screaming lady away in a skid of sand. Everybody on the beach scrambles to get out of the way as the ambulance continues to speed towards the nearest hospital. I won’t forget what happened today for quite awhile now. Hopefully tomorrow won’t be such a nightmare . . .but Jack will at sometime be back! ZH
13. It was a stinking hot day at Piha. Day one, there were three people diving off Lion Rock. It was all fine, then it just happened! A huge wave smashed against the rocks, the wave went down. There was one person on the rocks, one in the water with his hand up and… the other man was gone! On the walkie-talkie I told Dylan and Mr Snell to take one IRB and told Liam and Mrs Christie to take the other. They all raced off and got the boats in the water. They were off to Lion Rock as fast as the boats would go. I told Matthew to run on the sand, to the rocks where the people last were. Matthew got there first and walkie talkied me up. He said Dylan and Mr Snell had rescued the man in the water and the man on the rock but bad news! The other man was face first in the water in the blow hole! The boat couldn’t fit in so Liam and Mrs Christie had to hop in. “I’ll tell Daniel to call the ambulance”, I said. “Good idea”, replied Matthew. I walkie talkied up Daniel and said “Daniel, Zed here”. “Oh yes, what do you want?” asked Daniel. “You need to call the ambulance” I requested. “Okay”, said Daniel. “ Zed, Matthew here, bad, sad news, “said Matthew. “Oh no, what’s happened?” I replied. “He’s dead!” said Matthew. Day two. It was another stinking hot day. Mrs Christie and Mr. Snell were off. Mr. Mic, Tom and Keani were replacing them. They had just put the flags out. I was taking the IRB’s out. As I was taking out the second IRB I saw a young boy stuck in a rip. I left the IRB on the sand, raced off like a rocket with my tube, dived in the water and swam as fast as a shark to the boy. I put him on my tube and swam back to shore. Then disaster struck rain ,rain ,rain, everybody packed up and left. ZF
14. AWARD WINNING RESCUE SATURDAY MAY 10 th 10:30am I got my binoculars and looked out the window. Five hands were up! But far away from the beach and far away at sea! Down stairs I was in the IRB and I yelled “Olivia K come on Zacks on the beach so let’s go!” Olivia K yelled “ok” so we went out. By the time we got out I said “Olivia K an enormous wave is coming to us” BUMP! “Olivia K are you alright and stop going into the rocks” I yelled, she didn’t answer me so I looked back, “OH no way” I said to myself she wasn’t in the boat!!... I got the walkie-talkie “Zack, Olivia K is over board.” Zack replied “I’m sending two IRBs out and two more lifeguards with rescue tubes ok?” “Ok” I said. Suddenly the ambulance is on the beach. “I’ll get Zane whose by the rocks stuck in a deep hole, Chelsea, Maide-Pearl go get Tom he’s been stung by blue bottles, Chris and Lucus go over there (I pointed) and get those three girls they are trapped in a net” I shouted. Meanwhile back on the beach Zack radios me to say “Olivia K is alright and did our new lifeguard Gary get to you.” “Yep” I said. Chelsea called out “Abby, Tom is ok he’s in the ambulance.” Zack radios “Chris, Lucus have you got the three girls.” “Yep” said Chris “but they will need to go to hospital they have some huge cuts.” “ Abby have you and Gary got Zane” radios Chelsea. “Yes and he isn’t hurt see you soon” I replied...... Two years later...I got an award for bravery and got to see Tom, Zane and the three girls that were rescued that day. Two hours later the ceremony was over I was on my way home but Zack texted me that he wanted me for an emergency. I thought to myself ‘here we go again.’ AM
15. “ Quick, some people are drowning, get in the sea”, I said. I was the captain. “Come on guys this is your job. Get in the boat and now zoom. They are in the current in a big rip by the rocks,” I shouted. “Got one person sir”, shouted Abby. “Good work,” I said. “We have got enough time to get Sophie-Lee, she is by the rocks. Oh no she is going to drown soon. Go, go, go now and pull, got her. Yeah!” “Mrs Christie, a dolphin has washed up on the beach and it’s going to die,” I said. We moved fast to rescue the dolphin and it had been there for 5 minutes already. “Sophie-Lee you saved dolphin by pushing on its chest. You’re a hero! You are my new lifeguard. Right I’m going to get an ice-cream. See you later, alligator,” I said. “ Some people are stuck in sticky, green seaweed. Go to the clubhouse and get the sharp knife. Soon kids from Taonui School are coming for surf lifesaving,” I said. “ Get in the boat.” Cut, slit I heard from the boat. Abby was grabbing the people. Oh, no, I dropped the people. Abby said to herself. “ Captain,” yelled Abby. “What have you done now Abby?” I relied. “I dropped the people,” she said. “You what!” I yelled. “Captain, the people are slamming against the pointy sharp rocks,” cried Abby. “Pick the people up,” I said. Mrs Christie rang the ambulance. There maybe a chance that the people might stay alive. The people from the ambulance said. “ Oh no. We’ve got Taonui School here. Let’s go over the ten rules,” I said. “Now, let’s go and have some fun and play games,” I said. “Yeah let’s go swimming,” the children said. “Wait,” I said but they didn’t listen. I ran like the wind to catch up to them. “Stop,” I shouted. They were having so much fun. “Everyone,” Abby said “ Do you want a surfboard or a boogie board? If you do, go and see Chelsea and Sophie-Lee. I am going to put flags up.” Later on Taonui School said to me, “We are going now.” “That’s it,” I said, “I am going home.” CH
16. It was the tenth of May 2016. I was slapping on some 50+ sunscreen. It was a scorching hot day. Then suddenly “Help, save me,” someone yelled. As my feet sunk in the sand I ran back to Head Quarters. My friends George and Liam both 14 years old, helped me pull out the IRB, as coast guard Zed guided us to the drowning person. We lifted him into the boat. BOOM!! “ARRGGH!” I groaned, you punched me. You are a dummy, I’m an actor,” he said. “I have been chosen to play the captain for the new Titanic movie.” “Help start the motor,” said Liam. Putt, putt, putt, putt. “It’s dead,” said George. “We will have to use the oars,” Liam groaned. “They all have wood rot. Oh, sunburn, we will have to ride the waves,” I said. Then an hour later I was cleaning the IRB. I just saw Liam giving someone the pound of life. I sprinted to Liam. When Liam saw my presence the body started to glow. Suddenly a small fish with a light on it’s head flew out of his mouth and landed on the sand. I picked it up by it’s fin and I threw it back into the sea. Suddenly I saw someone sprint away from Head Quarters with a case saying ‘Joker C4 Bomb Shop’. FIZZLE, FIZZLE, BOOM!! The whole of Head Quarters exploded, five were injured. George got hit by a piece of Head Quarters garage, he got knocked out for a couple of seconds. Later the fire brigade, ambulance and police arrived. Liam, George and I watched as the burnt fragments of Head Quarters fell to the ground. Liam found a half burnt photo of Liam, George and I as junior lifeguards. All of us walked away to the sand dunes. DC
17. It was a horrendous day. I was watching the stormy sea. I saw someone putting their hand up. I quickly got the IRB. I called another lifeguard Daniel and we raced out. Jim took the IRB on the trailer. We zoomed out, we could not see the person so I got the rescue tube and I jumped into the great sea. As I swam to the struggling person a big wave crashed on him and he got swept out to sea. I got back in the boat, we raced out to sea, then another wave crashed on us. We tried to start the engine again but it wouldn’t turn on. So we paddled. That was no good. The man smashed into the IRB. I was struggling to pull him into the boat. Then all of a sudden CRUNCH!!!! Into the water we went. My heart was pumping like mad. It was dusk. The sun was going down and I was still in the water. I spent the night in the water. In the morning I was washed up on the wharf. I was thinking why are people talking Australian. I got told I was in Aussie. I said, ‘What!!’ How did I get here from New Zealand. I borrowed someone’s boat and raced back to New Zealand. It took a few days. The police met me in their jet boat and took me in. They said that they had found the man I was rescuing. GT
18. I have to wear a yellow top and read shorts. I rescue people at the beach. I keep people at the beach. MPH
19. It was a hot summery day at Foxton Beach. I couldn’t even see sand that’s how many people were there. It was about ten o’clock. Half an hour later three quarters of the people who were at the beach were gone. It was getting cold and windy. We put signs up about rips and waves. We thought since it was late we should put up the signs to protect people. The waves were crashing against the rocks, roaring like mad. I heard somebody screaming. I grabbed my rescue tube and pulled the boat to the water. A lady was getting smashed by waves. Abby averaged her to be about 30-40 years of age. From a distance a hand shot straight up. The IRB was racing like crazy. Bumping into humungous waves. That hand I saw was 5 metres away from me and Abby (my driver). I dived in the water doing a bellyflap. ‘Ouch’ Mrs Christie (her name) grabbed hold of the tube. I pulled hard and chucked her in the IRB. We zoomed like a racing car back to shore. We all told Mrs Christie some advice “stay in the shallower water she agreed and went back in. My mum drove slowly home that day I was thinking that was a lot of work but that was only day 1. OKK
20. Suddenly I heard someone screaming, ‘There is someone stuck by the rocks’. They are calling for HELP!!!! I called Zenan on my walkie- talkie “Come down to the club house I need you to come in the IRB tell Lucas to be on the beach.” I dived into the IRB and 1 minute later I was by the rocks. Zenan chucked a rescue tube. Lucas called an ambulance. “Come quick, he is nearly dead’, he said. We took him back to shore. What, there is someone else? Don’t put the IRB away there is someone else in danger. Off we go again. DR