It was a sunny, humid day in South Florida when Tim, Flash, and Jen were very bored and had nothing to do. “I’m about to faint,” said Jen. “Me too” said Tim. ”Let’s go to the river,” said Flash. So the three walked about a mile from Tim’s house to Hutchinson’s River. A river, that feeds into the Atlantic. , At the end of town. It was a very beautiful, well kept river that people of all ages enjoyed. They couldn’t wait to jump in until they saw dead fish floating on the top of the water and other creatures washed up on the shore lifeless. The kids were stunned. “ Let’s get out of here,” said Jen. So they all left. They ran back to Tim’s house and told Tim’s mom. His mom thought he was joking and said, “ No one has ever harmed that river, go back outside and play. So they sat on the porch all day until the sun went down and said nothing. So about 8 o’clock Flash and Jen said they had to go because it was getting dark. But Tim stayed on the porch until he came up with something to do about the river. He asked his mom, “ Mom what’s the polices’ phone number.” She told him and he called. The police arrived at his door at about 9 a.m. the next morning. So about 9:30 Flash and Jen came down the street to Tim’s house. “ Why is a police car at Tim’s house.” “ I don’t know,” said Jen in return. So they rang the doorbell and Tim’s father came to the door and let them in. Tim and the police were sitting in the living room talking. “ Just in time” said Tim. “Officer Jones and I are about to go the river to see what’s wrong” he added. So the three and the officer drove down to the river. The officer got out and was amazed at what he saw. He stood in silence, as did the others for about five minutes. Then the officer said, ...
