# Seahorse's Slow Swim

Author: Logan
Level: PreK3
Theme: Seeing more by going slowly

## Story

**Page 1:** Marina Seahorse swims slowly through the seaweed. She curls her tail around a stem to rest.

**Page 2:** Fast fish zoom past Marina. "Hurry up!" they call.

**Page 3:** Marina does not hurry. She swims slowly, looking at shells and seaweed along the way.

**Page 4:** She sees a tiny pink shell hidden in the seaweed. No one else saw it, because they swam too fast.

**Page 5:** She sees a baby fish hiding behind a rock. She waves to it with her fin.

**Page 6:** She sees a starfish sleeping on the sand. She swims quietly so she does not wake it.

**Page 7:** At last, Marina reaches the coral garden. Her friends are already there, waiting for her.

**Page 8:** "What did you see?" ask her friends. Marina tells them about the shell, the fish, and the starfish.

**Page 9:** Her friends swim back slowly with Marina. Now they see all the beautiful things too.

**Page 10:** Marina smiles in the coral garden. Swimming slowly lets you see the whole sea.

## 5 Words to Learn
seahorse, slow, swim, seaweed, shell

## Read Together
Can you swim very slowly, like Marina, and point out three beautiful things you see?