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Pictorial<br />
Amazonian stream crossing<br />
Vicki and Pablo’s Adventure Tours group had arrived at the river. The river was one<br />
of the tour’s obstacle highlights. This one challenged the thrill-seekers to use a rope<br />
to continue the expedition. In preparation, Pablo unloaded and inflated a rubber<br />
dinghy from his backpack. The other expeditioners then dropped their own loads,<br />
food boxes and water kegs into the dinghy. They now carried only small packs on<br />
their backs. With Vicki leading along the rope, the adventurers, Henri, Connie and<br />
Betha, entered cautiously into the running water. Pablo stayed on the near bank,<br />
steadying the swaying rope. He would cross last with a rope attaching the dinghy<br />
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to him. The group would then haul across the dinghy. As Vicki neared the river’s far<br />
bank, two curious tapirs stepped from the bushes there to stand quietly watching<br />
her. From his position, Pablo spied an anaconda curve out of the water towards<br />
them. ‘That’s bad’, he thought. He made to shout a warning, but a sudden shimmer in<br />
the bushes behind the tapirs caused him to pause. ‘It’s the head of a jaguar!’ At that<br />
same moment, Henri cried out. He was being swept downstream! What to do?<br />
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COMPREHENSION THROUGH CLOZE <strong>Book</strong> 4 978-1-922426-73-4 R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au
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