Two good friends ___1___
truant and decided to spend the day fishing. They arrived on the
steep banks of the ___2___
wide canal, armed with a fishing line. Karl climbed down the
slope but lost his footing as the algae made the slope slippery.
He slipped into the water. Govind jumped in after him ___3___
ran into difficulty.
Luckily, two ___4___
saw the boys in the water. At first Mr. Lee thought the boys
were just fooling around. But he soon realized they were in real
danger. He found a 2-meter-Long wooden pole ___5___
against a tree. He held it out to the boys but it was not long
enough. A passing jogger, Encik Mohamad Asriff, grabbed a
lifebuoy and threw it in, but the boys were ___6___
weak to grab it. He immediately dived into the water. He grabbed
hold of Karl and managed to keep his head above the water. ___7___,
Govind who was unhurt, had managed to swim to safety on the
canal bank on his own.
By that time, the firemen had arrived. they tossed them a
rope and hauled them up to safety. |