Dolphin
Rescue
Based
on the
hit movie!
ScholaStic iNc.
Adapted by Tracey West
Dolphin Rescue
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1: A Science Challenge .............4
Chapter 2: Visit to the Vet ........................10
Chapter 3: Look Out! .................................17
Chapter 4: Dolphin Alert ..........................24
Chapter 5: Getting Ready ........................31
Chapter 6: All Aboard ..............................38
Chapter 7: To the Rescue! ........................48
Chapter 8: Dancing with Dolphins .........59
Chapter 1:
A Science
Challenge
“Yes, science class!” Andrea cheered as she and
her friends walked into their classroom. “Do you
know what this means?”
“Yeah, we study science,” said red-haired Mia.
“It’s my favorite class.”
“Mine, too,” said Olivia. But her friends all
knew that already. Olivia loved science so much
that she had her own Invention Workshop.
“Rephrase,” said Andrea. “It’salso our last class
of the day, and that means we can head for the
beach after this!”
The five friends eagerly nodded. It was a bright
and sunny afternoon. Hanging out at the beach
after school sounded perfect!
Stephanie whipped out her smartphone. “I think
I can go. Just let me check my day planner,” she said.
“Ooh, I have two free hours after school!”
Emma smiled, her green eyes shining. “I have
even more than that. I’m in!”
“Hmm, if only there was a place for you girls to
sit while I teach.”
The five friends all stopped talking and turned
around. Ms. Stevens, their science teacher, was at her
desk looking at them through her glasses. The rest of
the students were already seated and ready for class
to begin.
“Oh, how about our desks?” Emma said, quickly
sliding into her seat. The other girls scrambled to do
the same.
Luckily, Ms. Stevens looked more amused than
angry. “Wonderful idea, Emma,” she said. Then she
stood to begin the day’s lesson. “Today we’re going
to be talking about dolphins.”
“Dolphins . . . ocean . . . beach!” Andrea swooned
with a dreamy look
in her green eyes.
“Ooh, I can feel the
sand between my toes
already!”
“Andrea, shhh!”
Olivia warned.
The teacher clicked a remote in her hand, and the
lights in the room dimmed. An image of a dolphin
popped up on a projector screen.
“Dolphins are mammals,” she began. “Some
dolphins live in the ocean, and some live in rivers.”
The class listened quietly as Ms. Stevens
continued her lesson. She talked about where
dolphins lived, what they ate, and how they
Near the end of the lesson, a photo of a fishing
boat came up on the screen.
“Now I want to talk about a threat to these
amazing creatures called dolphin bycatch,” said
Ms. Stevens. Another slide appeared. This one
showed a fishing net in the water. Small fish were
swimming into the open net—but there were
dolphins swimming into it, too.
“When fishermen drag their nets through the
water—or trawl for fish—dolphins can sometimes
get caught in the net,” Ms. Stevens explained.
“This is a very dangerous situation. If the
dolphins can’t get loose, they can drown.”
She switched to another slide. It showed a
dolphin tangled in the net. Without help, it
couldn’t get loose!
“Oh, no!” Mia gasped.
“That’s awful,”said Emma.
“What can they do to keep it from happening?”
Stephanie asked urgently.
“That’s an excellent question,” Ms. Stevens said.
“And one that brings us to our science contest.”
She clicked her remote again, and a new picture
popped up on the screen. This one was a beautiful
image of a dolphin leaping happily in the ocean.
“The local fishermen are very eager to hear
ideas to help them protect the dolphins. So
they’re offering a contest. The student—or team
of students—who creates the best idea to prevent
dolphin bycatch will win a dolphin sightseeing trip!”
All of the students began murmuring excitedly.
“Cool contest!”
“Awesome prize!”
Everybody wanted to win!
Just then, the bell rang. Ms. Stevens turned off
the projector.
“You’ll present your ideas tomorrow in class,” she
said. “Good luck, everyone!”
Chapter 2:
Visit to the
Vet
The friends all gathered around Olivia’s desk as
students began packing up their books. Each girl had
an excited gleam in her eye. Of course, they all knew
they would work together as a group.
“A dolphin sightseeing cruise would be a really
fun trip,” Emma said.
“If we win,” Andrea pointed out.
Olivia shook her head. “Win or not, the
important thing is that we figure out a way to help.”
Andrea sighed. “I know, you’re right. Still,
though, it would be awesome if we won!”
“Okay, girls,” Stephanie said, her voice taking on
a confident it’s-time-to-get-organized tone. “We’ve
sooooo got this.” Then, she realized that she didn’t
have any ideas. “Uh . . . who’s got this?”
Olivia looked thoughtful. “Maybe if the nets
were made out of a different material, the dolphins
could slip through them.”
“Cool idea, Olivia!” said Andrea.
“Dolphins also use echolocation to navigate,”
Mia said, remembering the lesson. “Maybe there’s
something there.”
As the girls thought, the last student left the
classroom. Emma glanced at the clock. “School’s out
for today.”
“Yeah, but I want to stay and work on the
contest,” Mia said.
“Me, too,” Olivia agreed.
Andrea threw up her hands. “But the beach!
The sand! It’s already between my toes!” She looked
down at her feet. “Well, you know what I mean.”
“Sorry, Andrea,” Olivia said.
Stephanie smiled. “Girls, we should definitely
go to the beach. Where better to get inspiration to
save dolphins from bycatch?”
“Good idea,” said Mia. “I just have to stop by
the vet clinic to check on my animals first. Some
of them are getting over injuries.”
“That’s okay,” Emma said. “We’ll all go with you.
Then, we can head to the beach together afterward.”
Stephanie nodded. “To the beach, then!”
They high-fived.
Clinic. All of the friends helped out there from
time to time. But Mia had a special connection to
the clinic—and to the animals there. She spent as
much time helping Aunt Sophie as she could, and
she knew every animal patient by name.
When the girls arrived, Mia headed straight to
a small, brown puppy named Molly. The little pup
had hurt her front right paw.
Mia gently picked Molly up and placed her
on the exam table. She carefully changed the
bandage. Molly tried to jump off the table, but
Mia held her steady.
“Careful, Molly, that leg hasn’t healed yet,” she
warned. She placed Molly on a soft doggie bed.
The puppy wagged her tail appreciatively.
Around the room, her friends began helping
the other animals. Stephanie put a carrot in a bowl
and placed it in the pen of a fluffy white bunny.
Mia saw what she was doing and ran over.
“Those have to be cut in pieces,” she said.
“Otherwise, they’ll be too big for her to eat.”
“Oh, okay,” said Stephanie.
Meanwhile, Andrea was eagerly shaking lots of
birdseed into a parrot’s bowl.
“That’s too much, Andrea!” Mia said, putting
up a hand to stop her.
Andrea stepped aside so Mia could take out
some of the birdseed. “She sure is picky,” she
whispered to Emma.
Emma nodded. Both girls were thinking the
same thing. Lately, Mia was acting like nobody
could take care of the animals as well as she could.
“It’s only because she loves the animals so
much,” Emma whispered back. “She really worries
about them!”
Just then, Aunt Sophie walked in. “Thanks so
much, girls. You’re doing a great job.”
Aunt Sophie turned to Mia. “Now, remember,
I’m out of town for the next few days. You’ll be
here to lend an extra hand, right?”
“Yeah. I’ll be here to take care of my little
guys.” Mia nodded.
Then she looked around. All the animals were
clean and fed. Perfect!
“Let’s sweep up,” Mia told her friends. “Then
we can hit the road!”
Chapter 3:
Look Out!
To get to the beach, the girls drove two buggies.
They zipped over the sand dunes and between palm
trees before coming to a stop near the snack stand.
It was the perfect beach day. The sun shone brightly
in the blue sky. Turquoise waves lapped against the
shore. And a gentle breeze ruffled the leaves of the
palm trees.
“Woo-hoo!” the girls cheered as they
unloaded a
portable picnic table and chairs.
“Emma, why don’t you go get us some snacks?”
Stephanie suggested.
“Sure thing!” Emma agreed.
The friends quickly set up the table and chairs
on the sand and sat down to start brainstorming.
“I like your idea about the nets, Olivia,” Mia
said. “But we should also think of how to keep the
dolphins totally away from the fishermen’s boats.”
“Good idea,” Olivia agreed. “But how?”
As they were talking, Emma returned carrying
a tray of five colorful frozen drinks.
But before the friends could even reach for
them, a loud beach-buggy horn blared.
They looked up and gasped. Their friend,
Jacob, was driving over the sand dunes—but he
was out of control! The buggy zoomed left and
right, skidding wildly across the sand. Then, it
careened straight toward them!
“Whoa, whoa—look out!” Jacob yelled, beeping
the horn.
The friends jumped out of the way just in time.
BAM!
Jacob crashed right into the table! The buggy
tipped over into a ditch, flinging him from the
driver’s seat. The vehicle finally came to a stop
upside down, its wheels spinning.
“Jacob!” Olivia cried. “Are you okay?”
Jacob slowly sat up, rubbing his head. “Yeah, I’m
all right. A turtle was crossing the road, and I had to
swerve to keep from hitting him.”
“I’m just glad nobody got hurt,” Mia said,
breathing a sigh of relief. “Including the turtle.”
“It’s a good thing you honked your horn,
Jacob,” Stephanie said as she righted the picnic
table. “It warned us just in time.”
Mia put her hand on her chin. “A warning!”
she said thoughtfully.
Olivia knew just what she meant. “With
sound! An alarm on the nets.”
Emma got it, too. “That would warn the
dolphins—”
“Great idea!” Andrea interrupted, excited.
“We could use underwater speakers.”
“And we can call it Dolphin Alert!” suggested
Stephanie.
“Perfect!” said Olivia, clasping her hands
together. “Jacob, thanks for the brilliant idea!”
Jacob blushed a little. “You’re welcome,” he
said. “What is it I did, again?”
The girls laughed. Then they got down to
business. Their design for the Dolphin Alert had
to be done in time for tomorrow’s class!
The next day, the girls had a free period before
science class. So they met up in the art room to
test their project one more time.
Mia had borrowed a small fish tank from the
Heartlake Pet Shop. They filled it with water.
Then Olivia lowered an underwater speaker into
the tank. Andrea pressed a button on her music
player.
The high-pitched cry of an orca whale came
out of the speaker and floated out of the water.
It was perfect! Dolphins were naturally afraid of
orcas. If the noise played like this next to a fishing
boat�
�s net, the dolphins wouldn’t go anywhere
near it!
Mia gave Olivia a thumbs-up and walked over
to Stephanie and Emma. Emma was busy drawing
on a sheet of paper with colored pencils.
“How’s the poster going?” Mia asked.
“It’s done!” Stephanie replied.
Emma frowned. “No, not yet,” she said, rubbing
the page with her eraser.
Stephanie glanced anxiously at the clock. “Emma,
it’s good enough,” she insisted.
“Good enough is not . . . good enough!”
Emma picked up a blue pencil and started
shading. Then she stopped and looked carefully at
the whole poster. “I want it to be . . . ahh . . . perfect!”
She held up the poster so her friends could see.
She had drawn a fishing boat with a Dolphin Alert
speaker hanging beneath it. There were bright red
sound lines coming from the speaker, and dolphins
were swimming away from the lines.
“It’s great!” said Mia.
Then a bell rang through the halls.
“That’s the warning bell,” Stephanie said. “Come
on, or we’ll be late!”
Chapter 4:
Dolphin
Alert
The friends hurried to science class, eager to
share their project.
Ms. Stevens called on several students to
present first, including a boy named Ben. He
walked to the front of the class and propped up
a poster showing an underwater traffic light.
Dolphins and fish were swimming toward it from
both sides.
“You can put a traffic light in the fishing area,”
Ben explained. “When the light turns red, the fish
travel one way, and the dolphins travel the other
way—away from the fisherman’s nets.”
“Interesting idea, Ben,” said Ms. Stevens. “One
question: How do the fish and dolphins know to
follow the traffic lights?”
Ben shrugged. “Uh . . . traffic school?”
The class giggled, and Ben smiled sheepishly.