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                                    Deep  traub/e


                    The boat  moved  through  the marina  and  out  into  the
                    open ocean.
                     Amy spoke first. 'Oh, help! Where are we going? What
                    are we going to do?'
                      'Let's  speak  to  these  people,'  said  Matt.  'We  can  say
                    "sorry" and leave. They don't want us here. We're clase to
                    the marina. Perhaps they can go back and leave us there.'
                      'They aren't going to take us baclc, Matt. What happened
                    to that man? They shot him. These people are bad. We
                    don't want them to shoot us, too.'

                      'Well, what can we do, Amy? We can't stay here. They're
                    going to find us soon.'
                      'I know! Let's jump off and swim back to the marina! It
                    isn't far,' said Amy.                                                     Matt's phone and threw it into the water.
                      'In  that  dark  water? The  water's  deep  here,  and  it's             In seconds Sharon arrived. She had her gun in her hand.
       swim (past   dangerous. I'm going to call the police and get help.'                      'What are you two doing here? Come on, talk!' she said
       swam)  to move         .              !
       through the water   Matt took out his .cell i,hone, but befare he could call           angrily.
                                          .
       deep  many   anybody the phone rang:·                                                    'N-nothing,'  said  Amy.  'We  wanted  to  see  the  boat.
       metres down    'Oh no,·somebudy's calling me!'                                         That's all.'
                             '
                             ,
       cell phone  a
       telephone that   'Quickly, stop that noise-'                                             'Oh yes? That's a good story! Let's go! Move!'
       you can take
       with you       But befare Matt could stop it, a man's voice carne out of                They pushed Amy and Matt into the cabin at the front
       ring (past rang)   the night.                                                          of the boat. The second man was there. He was the driver
       to make a noise; a
       telephone makes   'Hey! What's that noise?'                                            of the boat.                                             throw (past
       this noise when                                                                                                                                 threw)  to make
       somebody cal Is   They heard his feet on the deck. Quickly he carne closer.              'Look Erad,'  said the woman.  'These two  were on  the  something move
       shout  to say   Now  he  stood  over  them.  It  was  Troy.  He  shouted  to           boat all the time. They saw everything.'                 quickly through
                                                                                                                                                       the air with
       noisily and angrily                                                                                                                             your hand
       guy  person   Sharon and the second man:                                                 'No!' said Matt quickly.  'No, we didn't see a thing. Look,   push  to move
       problem        'Hey  guys,  I  don't  like  to  say  this,  but  we  have  a           please, can we go? We aren't going to talle We want to go  someone quickly
       something that                                                                                                                                  and strongly with
       is difficult   problem.  Look here!' His  hand moved quickly.  He took                 home - that' s all.'                                     your hands

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