FERRY BOAT PAPA

The Arctic howled! Thunder cracked! Lightning flashed! The waves in the ocean smashed against each other. The storm whipped across the fjords of the country of Norway. Fish darted everywhere looking for safety. Young Olaf and his pod-family needed to escape. Olaf’s father, the leader of the pod, called to the whales to find shelter. Together all the whales sounded…down, down, down to the ocean floor. There were so many things to see down there: undersea volcanoes, trenches, very strange sea creatures and lots of big rocks and cliffs. The boulder that Olaf hid behind stood guard like a soldier, keeping the storm far from him. It was calm there, and Olaf felt secure. …Time passed…Olaf fell asleep. Sometime later, Olaf awoke with a start. Something was wrong. “Where am I?” Olaf asked himself. He quickly swam out from his hiding place. “Papa, where are you?” There was no answer. Olaf looked and looked and looked. He listened and listened. He could not find his pod anywhere. He shivered with fear. “I am all alone!” he cried.