We sat in a boat with dad, waiting for Ofai, who was swimming under water to look for beautiful shells. Suddenly, I saw Ofai waving his arms hard. Then I found a large fish moving after him. All at once, I was frightened and held my breath.
"A shark!" cried dad. An anxious expression crossed his face. We stared at dad and waited for him to take action.
The shark came near. We could see it was yellow brown and as big as our boat. What could we do to help Ofai? He'd been under water for more than an hour. So by now, he must be very tired and it was difficult for him to swim fast enough to get out of the trouble.
Dad couldn't stand it any longer. Without delay, he took his knife and jumped into the water.
Down he went after the man -eating fish, who was heading straight for Ofai. Then, suddenly, the shark turned—for dad's strong arm had sent the knife deep into the side of the great fish. The water turned red as blood ran from the shark.
Now Ofai had time to reach the top. Soon, he was safe in the boat! But the shark was quite annoyed! It turned to attack the man who had deeply offended (冒犯) it. As it opened its great mouth towards dad, again, the knife went forward. This time, it cut deep into the shark's nose!
For a minute, the shark lay still. So dad has able to swim to the top. Ofai quickly pulled him into the boat. It wasn't long before the shark came to life. It hit the boat with such a hard blow that the sides were almost pushed in!
We rowed as hard as possible. Finally, we were safe on the seashore. That day, I truly saw the power of dad's courage!
