A Trip on the Caribbean Ocean.

Today's assignment was to look at a picture, answer a few story-building questions and write a story using a handful of vocabulary words. Austin narrated and I typed. Yes. I did help a little bit. I mainly kept him from veering off into a dozen sub-plots and I occasionally suggested an appropriate time to use a vocabulary word. For the most part, this story is written by Austin. Good job, Kiddo.

A Trip on the Caribbean Ocean

by Austin

John and Michael were two brothers who were on a cruise vacation in the Caribbean. While John was enjoying a drink outside, a monsoon storm appeared out of nowhere. Dark black clouds rolled in and it got very muggy. The waves got bigger and bigger, crashing against the sides of the ship. A bolt of lightening struck the ship and a huge fire started. The passengers were scared for their lives and began jumping off the sides of the ship. They all forgot that lots and lots of sharks live in the Caribbean. Soon, nearly 20 sharks began a feeding frenzy. John and Michael remained on the ship waiting for the fire to burn out while all of the other people were eaten alive. When the fire had finally destroyed most of the ship , the brothers jumped of the sides onto a piece of driftwood. The sharks were now full and had swam down to their caves to wait until they were hungry for their next meal. The monsoon had calmed but it was still raining very hard. The boys kicked away from the ship wreck as fast as they could. They were pretty frightened. They floated on their raft for at least one more day. They had almost given up hope when they saw a bright light about 20 feet away. A rescue boat had finally found them! A friend named, Derek, was driving that boat. He drove up to John and Michael, grabbed them, and pulled them to safety. Soon, he drove them to a close-by island that he knew of that had lots of fruit that they could eat. John and Michael were thankful to have reached land and put their feet on firm ground again.

The End