{F-2-A}

Suddenly, water splashes in your eyes, momentarily blinding you. You have the strange feeling of being wet all over. When your eyes clear, you realize you are completely submerged, and looking around, you notice that you are in the little aquarium with the now quite large fish hovering next to you. You become aware of the fact that the fish has not grown, but rather, you have shrunk to his size.

Breathing underwater is suddenly not a problem, nor is talking, and you ask, “What just happened?”

“I need your help, so I fixed it so you could help me with a serious situation,” he says.

“But I don’t even know who you are,” you say.

“Well, my name is Toby and there’s a huge problem that will affect every living creature in the world. I can’t do this without a humans help,” Toby says. “Will you come with me?”

“Yes!” you reply. You smile broadly when you realize that you can move about underwater as easily as any fish. You follow Toby down into a little cave at the bottom of the tank and are suddenly transported to a huge coral reef.

“Welcome to Bikini Atoll!” Toby says. “I would give you a tour but there isn’t time now. We need to find the representatives of the reef and warn them about Dr. Volitan.”

Just then you hear a very loud, urgent buzzing sound, and swimming to investigate you see a pair of dolphins tangled in an old fishing net. You realize that, being air-breathing mammals, you know that they are in danger of drowning.

“You’re going in the wrong direction!” Toby calls out. “The fish that need our help are this way!”

“But these dolphins are in trouble, and they need our help right now!” you say.

“Someone always needs help. We need to stick to our plan or no one will get our help,” Toby says. “Come on!”

You say:

“The new plan is to save those dolphins from drowning.” {F-3-A}

OR

“You’re right. The dolphins are pretty smart, and they’ll figure things out on their own.” {F-3-B#1}