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Sharon and Erad smiled and waved. Amy sat and
l,!imile! Yau"re an vacatian!" 'Bye. Have a nice day,' one of the officers shouted.
watched the little boat. It moved far away.
Matt went down again. How many packages did Troy have
now? Eight? Nine? Matt felt tired and scared. Sorne of the

things under the ocean were beautiful. There were fish of
many different colours. Eut he only wanted to find the
packages. Most of them were between the rocks and they
weren't easy to find. Again and again, he went down and
took the packages up to Troy. Amy, Sharon, and Erad
watched from the deck.
'How many are there?' Matt asked. 'Is that it?'
'Two more and that's it,' said Troy.
At that moment, the three people on deck heard a noise.
They could see a boat very close to them. When it began to
come closer, Sharon said quietly, 'It's the Coast Guard.
We're on vacation, remember. Smile and look friendly.'
When she spoke, Sharon put her hand on Amy's arm and
pushed down. Amy wanted to cry out but she said nothing.
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The Coast Guard b_oat c�me very close. One of the men The last two packages were difficult to find. Matt looked
on it shouted; 'Hi, good m'orning. Is everything OK?' for them for a long time. Up on deck, Amy watched the
'Wonderful. Thanks,' shouted Sharon. water, looking for Matt' s head and the yellow oxygen tank.
fish an animal
that lives in water Amy sat up suddenly and began to wave. Matt found the last packages and took them up. He was
rock fish and 'Help! We're-' she began, but Erad pushed her arm very tired.
other ocean
animals live down. Smiling, he spoke to her angrily. On deck there were now twenty packages. Everybody
on and between
these under 'Don't be stupid, Amy. You don't want something to stood and looked at them.
the ocean happen to your boyfriend.' 'Are they OK?' asked Troy. 'Do they have water in them?'
Coast Guard
they look after Amy looked down at the ocean and said nothing. Matt 'They're OK,' said Sharon. 'And they're going to make us
the ocean clase
to the beaches was under the water and Troy swam up and down slowly very rich. Thanks for your help, kid.'
wave to move looking at the beautiful fish. The Coast Guard boat began Matt looked down at the drugs. 'Can we go now?: he
your hand in
the air to move away. asked.

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