HELBLING YOUNG READERS EOC OR Par Gis OE Lost on the (eye Ree eee) Mee T eget eu rasa eB HELBLING ANGUAGESLevEL@ Dear reader, In this story 4 baby whale strands on the beach at Didgery Bay- Rawiri comes and helps the whale to get back into the sea and swim to his mother. He also helps you to say some new things in English! Now you can: «use the simple pasts eo give instructions; say What you must and need to do. There are lots of other Helbling Young Readers: >» ‘ww hetblingyoungreaders.com Happy reading!They swim long distances looking for food and warm seas. They often swim together in a group called a pod. What are whales? Tick (V). | O fish | J mammals LI reptilesLast week, there was an oil spill and a baby whale, or calf, nearly died. The water was dirty and he swam away from the other whales and got lost. The calf tried to find his mother but he couldn’t see anything. He was.very. tired so he let the water carry him. He was.afraid. birde cat ©The next morning, the calf stranded on a beach ; in Didgery Bay. He couldn’t breathe and he was, too hot. Look at the picture. Find E ea starfish ea shell © acrab © some seaweed.(Lots of people came to see the stranded whale. They were all very excited and some people took photographs with their cameras. ) They alt looked, but nobody did anything. Fee ae Nath Be haLook at the flag 4 Where is Didgery Bay? Tick (V). O austratia UO the united Kingdom Ci new.zeatand C south.africa(Rawiri loved whales.,He loved to read books a! watch films about these amazing creatures. HeRawiri walked over to the whale and touched im gently. The calf’s skin was covered ina ayer of oil. All the other people looked. They cooked and they took photographs. What do you want to do when you grow up? Tick (W). (11 want to work with people (11 want to work with animals. (1 want to work on my own.Rawiri turned to the crowd q Suddenly, We must help the wh shouted: ‘Come on! It’s dying!’ ple from the crowd answered; _ Some peo ‘It’s too big! What can we do?’ Some adults smiled. They just an idealistic kid.How can they help the whale? Talk in groupsBut Rawiri/had.a plan. ‘We need bucket: blankets to keep the-whale wet!’ he said. People started.to help him:Someone got blankets and buckets. They covered. the wha with the blankets and filled the buckets with “water. Then they poured the water over the blankets that covered the whale. Lots of p were-helping now. a IsBut Rawiri knew that this wasn’t enough. They had'to turn the calf around and push \Rawiri was only twelve but everybody listened to him. ‘A tractor! Bring a tractor and some strong ropes!’ he said. 20oon, an old orange tractor pulled the whale alf towards the sea while everybody helped o turn him around. Think. Who do you listen to? Tick (W). your parents your brother or sister your friend your teacherFinally, the whale could swim back to his mother and the rest of his pod. They were waiting for him a few miles off the coast. Soon they were together and they could continue their journey to Patagonia, thousands of miles from Didgery Bay. an average life?Look at the picture. Where did the oil come from?