Page 13 - SAMPLE The Boy Who Met a Whale

The boat swirled closer and Razi froze. Was he going to have to get into the water? Dread clawed his heart at the prospect.
A gull squawked overhead, startling Razi. It was the jolt he needed and he ran into the sun-warmed water, soaking his clothes as he paddled quickly towards the boat.
This is OK, you can do this, he told himself over and over as he tried to ignore the water rising to his chest. Razi reached the boat and looked over the side. An egret swooped by and darted off again, leaving the
echo of its cry.
Razi gulped.
Lying in the bottom of the boat, sunburnt and still,
was a boy.
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