1. The Story of Three Whales
Unit 2 Kindness
Story 6
By Mrs. Nailon

2. lurk To hide in or about a place
Electric eel
snake
Electric eels lurk under pitch-black overhangs of rock.

3. surface To rise to the top of any liquid
Whales surface to breathe air.

4. trudged Walked or marched with great effort
The man trudged slowly through the mud.

5. plight A bad condition or situation
Everyone read about the terrible plight of the whales.

6. invincible Impossible to defeat
The undefeated soccer team was invincible!!

7. ordeal Something that is difficult to do Challenge
The hard science test was an ordeal.

8. Pack-ice Ice frozen thick on top of water
Thick pack-ice spread out from the shore and its shadow fell
over the whales.

9. plunging
diving
The herd of whales were plunging and rolling, leaping and belly-flopping off the north coast of Alaska.

10. Inuit
Alaskan Indian
An Inuit hunter passed and saw the trapped whales.

11. Ice-poles Poles used to make holes in the ice.
People used axes, chainsaws, and ice-poles to make breathing
holes for the whales.

12. Sky-crane
Concrete torpedo
Ice breaker