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TRAPPED!

A W HALES R ESCUE

R OBERT B URLEIGH

PAINTINGS BY

W ENDELL M INOR

Text copyright 2015 by Robert Burleigh
Illustrations copyright 2015 by Wendell Minor
All rights reserved, including the right of reproduction in whole or in part in any form.
Charlesbridge and colophon are registered trademarks of Charlesbridge Publishing, Inc.

Published by Charlesbridge
85 Main Street
Watertown, MA 02472
(617) 926-0329
www.charlesbridge.com

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Burleigh, Robert, author.
Trapped!: a whales rescue/Robert Burleigh; illustrated by Wendell Minor.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 978-1-58089-558-3 (reinforced for library use)
ISBN 978-1-60734-768-2 (ebook)
ISBN 978-1-60734-649-4 (ebook pdf)

1. Humpback whaleJuvenile literature. 2. Animal rescueCalifornia
Juvenile literature. 3. Fishing netsJuvenile literature. 4. California
Juvenile literature. I. Minor, Wendell, illustrator. II. Title.
QL737.C424B87 2014
599.5'25dc23

2013049029

Printed in Singapore
(hc) 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Illustrations done in gouache on Strathmore 500 Series Bristol paper
Display type set in Impact by The Monotype Corporation
Text type set in Cochin URW D by URW++ Design & Development
Color separations by KHL Chroma Graphics, Singapore
Printed by Imago in Singapore
Production supervision by Brian G. Walker
Designed by Wendell Minor with Diane M. Earley

For Ian and Ryan Madden Roberts,
who love all creatures of the sea.

R. B.

For future oceanographers:
may you grow up to save
our marine- mammal friends.

W. M.

T he huge humpback whale dips and dives.
Her sleek black sides shimmering,
she spyhops, lobtails, flashes her flukes.

Past rocky shores and sandy beaches,
from icy Arctic seas to the California coast,

she feeds on masses of tiny krill in the food- rich water.

Towering waves cascade
down her leathery back.
She arches and leaps. Boom!

She spanks the cold blue
with her powerful tail. Bang!
Down in the depths, her call echoes.

But wait danger haunts these waters.
Unseen nets, left by fishermen,
drift through the dark sea.

The whale feels the tickle of thin threads.
She plunges on. She tosses. She spirals sideways
as spidery lines tighten around her.

The struggle begins.
The web of ropes cuts into her skin.
She flails, starts to sink, fights for air.

With each thrust of her tail, she tires.
Her sides heave. She flops. She flounders.
At last the great whale shudders and lies still.

T RAPPED .

The chug- chug of a motor fills the air.
Rescuers. Are they too late?
Divers drop cautiously into the frigid water.

They know the whale is wild.
One quick roll of her immense body can crush.
One blow from her gigantic tail can kill.

The swimmers softly pat the whales rough hump.
They stare into her unblinking eye.
Carefully they begin to cut the lines.

One rescuer slices the rope that digs into the whales mouth.
Suddenly the humpback jerks her head.
The startled diver backstrokes away and waits.

But the whale calms and is still.
Others dive deep to free her fins and tail.
Slowly the tangled netting falls away.

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