The Brave Little Turtle
A baby sea turtle must cross the big beach all by herself to reach the ocean.
Under the warm sand of a quiet beach, a nest of turtle eggs began to wiggle. Crack! Crack! Out popped dozens of baby sea turtles.
The smallest one was named Shelly. She peeked out of the sand. The beach looked enormous. The ocean looked very, very far away.
"We have to get to the water," said her brother. "Follow the bright glow of the sea!"
All the baby turtles began to crawl. Flip, flop, flip, flop went their little flippers.
Shelly crawled over a big bumpy shell. She crawled around a pile of seaweed. A crab clicked its claws at her, and she felt scared.
But Shelly remembered what her mother had whispered when she laid the eggs: "Be brave, little one. The ocean is your home."
Shelly took a deep breath and kept going. Flip, flop, flip, flop.
At last, a cool wave splashed over her. Shelly was floating! She paddled her flippers, and suddenly she wasn't slow and clumsy anymore. She was swimming — fast and free!
Shelly swam out into the big blue sea with her brothers and sisters. Many years later, she would come back to this very same beach to lay eggs of her own.
And when her babies hatched, she hoped they would be just as brave.
⭐ The End ⭐
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- What did the baby turtles follow to find the ocean?
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The bright glow of the sea. - What scared Shelly on the beach?
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A crab clicking its claws. - What will Shelly do when she grows up?
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Come back to the same beach to lay eggs.
