The passage from wild river is told from ryan’s point of view. retell the narrative from tanner’s point of view. be sure to include tanner’s thoughts as the kayak moves down the river. your narrative should clearly reflect the characterization and setting in the passage.
this is the story :
1 we floated for a while. it was warm in the sunshine, and tanner took off his
shirt. he caught one more fish and let it go. “bigger,” he said. “but not big
enough.”
2 i looked downstream. then i took a really good look. “tanner,” i said,
“there’s nothing but rocks up ahead.”
3 he laughed and shouted, “get ready for the chute! ”
4 “the what? ”
5 “the chute. river gets narrow for a minute. it’s like a waterslide. no big
deal. just keep going straight.”
6 i glanced over my shoulder. tanner had put down his fishing pole and picked
up his paddle.
7 i could hear the roar of water. that scared me a little. “it sounds like
niagara falls,” i yelled.
8 “relax, bro. it’s just a little waterslide.”
9 up ahead i could see a steep cliff on one side. on the other side were big
black rocks. in the middle was a little opening. i hoped our kayak would fit.
10 “keep ‘er straight! ” tanner yelled.
11 the opening was wider than i’d thought at first. but i couldn’t see anything
past it. and the roar got louder and louder.
12 the nose of the kayak went straight into the opening. then we were headed
down too fast for me to do anything but hold on. we hit a pool at the bottom
and shot ahead.
13 “all right! ” tanner yelled.
14 i glanced back. the chute didn’t look very high. or very steep. but i knew
better.
15 “that was awesome,” tanner said. “brady and i didn’t get anything like that
last year.”
16 i waited a minute, then asked, “tanner, didn’t that scare you? ”
17 “sure,” he said. “that’s why it was fun.”
18 “maybe for you,” i said. “i’m no hero.”
19 he didn’t answer. he was getting out his fishing pole again. a few minutes
later he hooked a fish, but it got away. i kept the kayak steady in the
current.
20 “hey, ryan,” he said, “that hero stuff—that’s garbage. the only heroes these
days are in video games or comic books.”
21 “that’s easy for you to say.” i looked back at him for a second. “you ran into
that burning house and saved that old guy.”
22 “i just happened to be there. you’d have done the same thing. later on,
they made a big deal about it. but it was no biggie.”
23 “i probably would have been too scared.”
24 “you’d have been scared, sure. everybody gets scared. but that wouldn’t
stop you. you do what you have to do.”
25 “maybe,” i said. but i didn’t believe it.
26 we drifted along for a while. it was warm in the sun. until some icy water
splashed on me. which happened every minute or two.
27 “we’re coming up on another chute,” tanner said. he reeled his line, then
picked up his paddle. “i think this one is shorter. maybe a little steeper.”
28 this time there was no cliff. just big boulders on both sides of the river. i
could hear the water roaring. the sound scared me. maybe not as much as
the first time, but i was still scared.
29 we did everything right. the kayak was straight, and we were in the middle
of the river. i lifted my paddle and braced myself for the slide.
30 “hang on, buddy! ” tanner yelled.
31 just as we started down, i saw something ahead. a big black log. right in
the middle of the chute. with a jagged end pointed straight at us. and it
wasn’t moving. not at all.
32 i opened my mouth to yell, but no words came out.