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• Scan the story quickly.
• Read the story carefully.
• Visualize the details
• Remember the sequence of events

The Rescue

After Dr. Grenfell climbed onto the floating ice with his dogs, he killed and skinned three of them. Their bloody fur kept him warm as he started to drift out to sea on the ice. At night he lay down to sleep with his arms around the biggest dog.

The next morning Dr. Grenfell tied the frozen bodies of his dead dogs together to make a pole. On the top of it, he tied his shirt. Then he waved the shirt in the air to attract the attention of the people on shore.

One of the hunters had climbed a cliff above the bay to look for seals with a telescope. He saw Dr. Grenfell on the ice. Quickly he called his friends to help row a boat out through the broken ice.

When the men finally reached the doctor, his feet and hands were frozen, but his first words were, "I’m sorry to put you to all this bother."

Adapted from, Intermediate English Skills Development Series Book 3, 3C Sequence of Events