the sharkpeeled away. until thesharkwas inches fromhim, thenstruck itinthenoseagain. Again, flinched, circledaway, thenswam back forasecondpass. Louiewaited eyes, andrammedhispalmintothe tip oftheshark’s nose. The shark was aredcircle. The bomberwas Japanese. view. Allthreemensaw itatonce. Behindthewing, painted over thewaist, following apathslightly paralleltotherafts, sothatitssidepassedinto the firingstopped. tear throughtheraftsandcutbrightslitsinwater aroundthem. Then overboard. They swam undertheraftsandhuddledthere, watching bullets gunners were firingatthem. and theraftsbeganhoppingshudderingundercastaways. The Chapter 15SharksandBullets BIOGRAPHY Laura Hillenbrand from Unbroken As thesharklungedfor hishead, Louiebaredhisteeth, widenedhis Flying abouttwo hundredfeetover thewater, thebomberracedatthem, Louie, Phil, andMacclawed fortheraftwalls andthrewthemselves And then, allatonce, theoceanerupted. There was adeafeningnoise, then topunchthesharkinitssnout. his armytrainers.TheoldmanhadtaughtLouietomake a threatening expression and mouth ofasharkrushingathislegs.Inflash,Louieremembers theadviceofone current won’t pullhimaway. Helooksdownandfindshimselfstaringintotheopen through thewater. Usingtheraft’s cord, Louieattaches himselftotheraftsoocean the raftwhileLouiejumpsoverboard. From undertheraft,Louiewatchesasbulletsdart Phil andMacare tootired todivebackintothewater. Theycurlthemselvesintoballsin soldiers andiscomingtorescue them. plane loopsbackaround. Louiehopesthatthepilothasrealized theyare notJapanese Why hadtheAmericansshotatunarmedmen?Astheygathertheirbreath, thebomber help togetbackintotheirrafts.Onceabovewater, theysitexhaustedandconfused. Afraid ofthesharks,menhurryoutwater. BothMacandPhilneedLouie’s passes thembybutthencircles backtoward therafts. around therafts.Usingamirror, hedirects abeamofsunlightattheplane.Theplane is worthtaking.Louiefires twoflares andemptiesacontainerofdyeintothewater soldiers discusstheiroptionsanddecidetheriskofwastingprecious emergencysupplies sharks havebeencircling theraft.Suddenly, abomberplaneappears from theeast.The seven dayswithlittletoeatordrink.Themenhavenoprotection from thesun,and Phil, are strandedonliferaftsinthePacificOcean.Theyhavebeenfloatingfortwenty- This storytakesplaceduringWord War II.Three Americansoldiers,Louie,Mac,and GRADE 9•UNIT2Accessible LeveledText •from Unbroken NOTES the summarizedpassages. Dotted linesappearnextto with summarizedpassages. alternates originaltext This versionoftheselection 1 Corbis © Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. patches hadslowed theairlossdramatically. someplace wherethey couldn’treach. They hadtolive withthem. The coming uparoundthesidesofraft, they knewtherewere holes the water andkeep itmostly inflated. pumped very quickly, justenoughairpassedthroughtherafttoliftitupin and seepedoutthroughthebulletholes, butthemenfoundthatifthey took turnspumpingashard asthey could. intothechamber Airflowed Louie’s raftremained. The menhooked ituptooneofthetwo valves and them. Onepumphadbeenlostinthe strafing;only theonefromMacand 2. leviathan 1. strafed even inthetiny spacesbetween them, notonebullethadhiteitherman. Impossibly, thoughtherewere bulletholesalltheway aroundthemen, emerged fromthewater, hewas certainthatPhilandMacwould bedead. he foughtthemtothepointofexhaustion, hewas notbitten. Every timehe water tokick andpunch atthesharksuntilbomberhadpassed. Though Finally, they couldfindnomoreholes to patch. Becausebubbles kept If themendidn’tgetairintoraftimmediately, thesharkswould take Four moretimestheJapanese strafed would beindanger. the longprocess. Ifanyof them failattheirduties,thenthelivesofeveryone the raftandforce Louieto startover. Allthree ofthesoldiersare extremely importantto battling thesharks,theyare pumpingairintotheraft.Bigwavesregularly splashinto while heisdistracted,soMacandPhilmustbeready withtheiroars.Whentheyare not for thesuntodryglue.Forhours,menwork.ThesharkstryattackLouie must lifttheraftoutofwater, glueanewpieceoffabricoverthehole,thenwait mirror toroughen uptheraft’s materialsothatgluewillsticktoit.Foreachhole,he sandpaper. Asareplacement, hecutsgrooves intothesideofhismirror. Heusesthe raft’s airchambers.Hegrabsthepatchingkitbutfindsthatwaterhasdamaged As MacandPhilpumpairfightthesharks,Louietriestopatchholesin oars tofightthemoff. remaining raftislosingair. Onesharkafteranotherapproaches theraft.Themenuse comfortably intheirremaining raft,butnowallthree mustsqueezetogether. Their shredded Phil’s raft.Nearlyalloftheirsupplieshavedriftedoff. Two men couldfit theirattentionto thedamagedrafts.Thebulletshavecompletely The menturn plane passesoverthemonelasttime,andthisitdoesnotreturn. has failedtoworkortheairmenhaveforgottenloaditwithanexplosivecharge.The Louie, Mac,andPhilbracethemselvesfortheblast,butitnevercomes.Eitherbomb The Japaneseairmenmakeonelastattack,dropping abombfiftyfeetfrom therafts. must diveintotheocean. Both menhavemiraculouslysurvived.Thebomberreturns onceagain.Again,Louie the raft.Climbingabroad, LouiefindsMacandPhilstillballedupnexttoeachother. Above water, themachinegunfire hasstopped.Louieusesthecord topullhimself GRADE 9•UNIT2Accessible LeveledText •from Unbroken (STRAYFD) v.attackedsomethingwithmachine gunsfrom low-flying planes. n.averylargeaquaticcreature.(lih VYuhthuhn) 1 them, sendingLouieintothe NOTES 2

© Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. seemed almostcomatose. Now he was infusedwithfrantic energy. shark asitlungedatthem. Macwas anewman. Amomentbefore, hehad followed by theother. LouieandMacsatsideby side, clubbingeach Louie’s surpriseitwasn’t Philwhohadsaved him. Itwas Mac. saw anoarswingpast, sendingtheanimalsbackward intotheocean. To islands andwere covering morethan40milesperday. and Gilberts, they hadalready traveled morethanhalfthedistancetothose correct, given thatthey hadcrashedabout2,000mileseastoftheMarshalls guessed thatthey were some850milesfromthebomber’s base. Ifthiswas airborne afteritleftthem, andthushow farthey were fromitsbase. They calculations toarrive athow many hoursthebombercouldremain Chapter 16SingingintheClouds Louie hadnotimetothankhim. Oneofthesharksjumpedupagain, Then thefirstsharklungedforhimagain. Louiewas recoilingwhenhe Estimating thebomber’s cruisingspeedandrange, they maderough liver wastheonlypartofashark thathumanscouldeat. remaining thatthe tools,themenkillshark.Inhisarmytraining, Louiehadlearned This time,hemakessure topulltheshark’s tailoutofthewater. theirfew Itworks.With from theraftandescapes. Louielaunchesasecondattemptatanevensmallershark. close totheraft.Oncesharkswimsover, Louiegrabshistail.Thesharkpulls Using theleftoversfrom a captured bird asbait,Philattractsoneofthesmallersharks Encouraged bytheirvictory, Louiehatchesaplantogetthemensomethingeat. Mac hadleft,helooksaliveagain. and thankfulnesstoward Mac. Thoughhisheroism seemstohavetakenalltheenergy exhaustion. Phil—awakenedbythecommotion—andLouie express theiramazement After severalmore assaults ontherafts,sharksretreat. LouieandMaccollapse in into thewater, butasecondsharkthrustsitselfathim.Hebattersitwithanoar. the raft’s edgetolookforthem,asharklungesathisface.Hemanagespushitback Moments later, thesharksseemtohavedisappeared altogether. WhenLouieleansover hand overoneoftheshark’s fins,heexperiencesthatexactfeeling.Beautiful,thinks. circle theraft.Heremembers hearingthatashark’s hidefeelslikesandpaper. Runninghis Later intheevening,Louieisonlyoneawakeonraft.Hewatchessharkasthey spirits. Heisshowingthefirstsignsoffailinghealth. idea ofdrylandisenoughtogivePhilandLouiehope.Macdoesnotshare theirgood Islands inthree weeks.Theseislandsare hometoJapanese militarybases,butjustthe Using thisinformation,Philestimatesthatthey’llarriveattheMarshallandGilbert in thePacificOcean. warm atnight.What’s more, theJapaneseattackallowsmentoguesstheirlocation second rafttomakearoof fortheraft.Itblockssunduringdayandkeepsthem other. Butthecrampedsituationprovides anopportunityforLouie. Heusesthedeflated on topofeachother. Movingaround theraftrequires eachsoldiertomakeroom forthe men cansleep.Theyare, however, stuffed intothetinyraft.Theyhavetosleepalmost The sharksloseinterest intheinflatedraftandswimaway. Forthe firsttimeindays,the GRADE 9•UNIT2Accessible LeveledText •from Unbroken NOTES 3

© Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. edge ofthelanding, atallyellow dogsteppedinfrontofhimtostop him the stairs. Ashecrawled down thefirstsetofstepsandmoved toward the a landinginbetween. Hewas thereintheimage, atiny child toddlingalong building and, inside, astairway broken intotwo partsofsixstepseach, with Mac, andwent tosleep. night. Machadnoreaction. PhilandLouielay down, puttheirarmsaround to say ordobeforelifelefthim. Louie toldhimthathethoughthe’d diethat thought itwould bedisrespectfultolieMac, whomighthave something was goingtodie. Louielooked over atMac, whowas watching him. Louie May 27, they were allfull. giving Macalarger portion, andforthefirsttimesincebreakfaston ammonia. Louiecuttheliver out, anditwas sizable. They ateiteagerly, sawing, Louiemanagedtobreaktheskin. underneathstankof The flesh only theedgeof a mirrortocutwith, thelaborwas draining. Aftermuch One day, tryingtopinpointhis earliestmemory, hesaw atwo-story That evening, Philheard asmallvoice. Itwas Mac, askingLouieifhe Even withaknife, sharkskinisaboutaseasytocutacoatofmail;with more thanheeverhadbefore. terrible stateofhisbody, Louie’s mindthrivesinthestillocean.Hecanremember much close tostarvation,butthebeautyofoceannevertheless amazesthem.Despitethe almost nowind.Themenfeelastrangemixofemotions. Phil andLouieknowtheyare is completelystill.Theyhavedriftedintoaregion closetotheequatorwhere there is themenawakeandareOne morning, surprisedtofindthat thewateraround them and tangled.Theirskiniscovered insores causedbybeinginthesunforsolong. do not,however, feellikecelebrating.Theyare dangerously thin.Theirbeards are long The raftfloatson.PhilandLouiehavesettherecord for thelongestsurvivalatsea.They funeral prayers.HeasksGodtosavePhilandhimself. remaining soldierswraphisbodyandsenditintotheocean.Louietriestoremember his lastdays,Machadbeenresponsible forsavingthelivesofLouieandPhil.Thetwo stranded ontheraft,Machadpanickedandeatenmostoftheirfood.However, in Louie wakesupintimetohearMac’s lastbreath. Whenthesoldiershadfirstbeen while LouiegivesMacasipfrom hisbottle. men haveverylittlewaterleft.PhiltellsMacthatheonlyhasenoughleftforhimself, bird andfeedMacsomeofitsmeatblood.Hisconditiondoesnotimprove. The MacissosickthatheresemblesThe nextmorning, amummy. LouieandPhilcatcha water. Finally, thesharkmoveson. push hugewavescrashingoveritssides.Themenare terrifiedanddrenched incold seen. Itisagreat whiteshark.Thesharkappearstoplaywiththeraft,usingitstail three timesthelengthofraft.Itismuch,muchbiggerthananysharksthey’ve struck thebottomofraft.ThemenpeeroversideThissharkisnearly A fewnightslater, amassivecrashwakesthemenfrom sleep.Something hugehas all. Hecanbarely move,andthelifeseemstohavedrainedfrom hiseyes. approach theraftanymore. Themenquicklybecomehungryagain.Macsuffers worstof The soldiers’goodfortunedoesnotlastlong.smallsharksseemtoknow GRADE 9•UNIT2Accessible LeveledText •from Unbroken NOTES 4

© Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved. eyes graspedit, they knewwhatitwas. moment theseatossedthemup, thehorizonrolledwestward, andtheir horizon. PhilandLouiewould laterdisagreeonwhosaw itfirst, butthe only fromthetops oftheswells. Itwas alow, gray-green wiggleonthe Publishers Ltd.©LauraHillenbrand. must applydirectly toPenguinRandomHouseLLCforpermission.ReprintedbypermissionofHarperCollins rights reserved. Anythird partyuseofthismaterial, outsideofthispublication,isprohibited. Interested parties Hillenbrand. UsedbypermissionofRandomHouse,animprintanddivisionPenguinHouseLLC.All World War IIStoryofSurvival,Resilience,andRedemptionbyLauraHillenbrand,copyright©2010 “Chapter Fifteen:SharksandBullets,”Sixteen:SingingintheClouds”from Unbroken: A 4. 3. Askim Olean, whenLouiewas very little. Louiehad never rememberedhimbefore. from tumblingoff. Itwas hisparents’ dog, Askim, whomthey hadin day wasJuly14. the forty-sixthday what thedog’s namewas, theywere confusedattheanswer, whichsoundedlike“Askhim.” ran downstairs,snatchedfood,andaway. Hisnamewasacleverjoke:Whenpeopleasked It was anisland. To thewest, somethingappeared, sofaraway thatitcouldbeglimpsed On July13,theforty-sixthday reasonable. Louielistensforawhilebefore thevisionfadesaway. Though Louieknowsthatthesingerscannotbereal, hismindfeelscompletelyclearand and looksup.Intheclouds,heseesoutlinesofpeoplesinging.Thesongisbeautiful. hear achoir. Whenasked,Philsayshehearsnothing.Louieremoves theroof oftheraft The menhavebeenatseafor40days.Suddenly, Louieshootsupintheraft.Hecan Louie andPhilenjoyridingupdownthetallwaves. predicted thatthiswouldbethedaymenarriveatland.Astormisbrewing. GRADE 9•UNIT2Accessible LeveledText •from Unbroken (AS kim)theZamperinis’thievingdog.Thefamilylivedaboveagrocery, andthedogoften Since themenhadfloatedacross dateline,theforty-sixth theinternational 4

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