Swimming with SHARKS
We've all heard about people swimming with dolphins, but what about sharks? Well, that's what Oliver did last year in Australia! He had always dreamt of going to the Great Barrier Reef and it was exactly as he had imagined it - clear blue water and thousands of exotic fish. One day, as he was walking along the beach,he saw a sign advertising trips to dive with sharks. This was his kind of diving!
The next day he walked excitedly to the harbour, and soon he was on his way out to sea. Suddenly the captain switched off the engine. Some sharks had been spotted swimming near the boat. He put on his wetsuit and stepped carefully inside the cage that would take him underwater and protect him from any attack. Sinking through shark-infested waters,trapped in a cage, is not everyone's idea of fun, but Oliver was absolutely thrilled! He waited impatiently for the sharks to appear, and sure enough, within minutes, five huge Great Whites cautiously approached the cage and started circling it. They were so close he could see their sharp white teeth. Oliver had never realised how beautiful these animals were and how gracefully they moved. Suddenly, one of them crashed against the cage, knocking him over. Picking himself up, he saw the door of the cage lying open,the lock broken!