Owen and the Tortoise
Owen and the Tortoise Owen and the Tortoise It was a hot, sunny day in Kenya, a country on the eastern coast of Africa. A young, one-year-old hippo named Owen followed his mother into the Sabaki River. The water felt good as it washed over Owen's warm skin. Deep under the ocean, a long way from where Owen bathed, the earth began to shake. The shaking caused a giant wave, called a tsunami, to form. Hundreds of miles away, Owen was not aware of the giant wave. As the tsunami silently made its
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Owen and the Tortoise
Owen and the Tortoise
It was a hot, sunny day in Kenya, a country on the eastern coast of Africa.A young, one-year-old hippo named Owen followed his mother into the Sabaki River.The water felt good as it washed over Owen's warm skin.
Deep under the ocean, a long way from where Owen bathed, the earth began to shake.The shaking caused a giant wave, called a tsunami, to form.Hundreds of miles away, Owen was not aware of the giant wave.
As the tsunami silently made its way toward the Kenyan shore, carefree Owen was having fun bathing in the river.Ships at sea slowly rose and fell as the giant wave passed harmlessly beneath them, seeking shore.
Finally, as the wave came near the Kenyan shore, something strange happened.Water near the shore was sucked into the ocean, creating a strong current.Rivers began to empty and flow back into the sea.It was as if someone had pulled a plug from the bottom of the ocean.
The water in the Sabaki River suddenly rushed out to sea.Owen, like all hippos, was a great swimmer.But the strong current was simply too swift.Owen felt himself being pulled away from his mother and going with the water out to sea.He was helpless, and there was little he could do.
