Noodle (2008)
“She took a deep breath and inched backward until she felt safe again. Phew! That was better. But her job was not done. She looked out at the collar. Even if she stretched, she would not be able to reach out and touch it.
Lizzie glanced back across the lake, to where her dad and the boys were waiting. Should she go get help? No! She could do it herself.
Lizzie thought for a second. Then, holding on to the tree with one hand, she reached out and broke off one of its long, dead branches. Perfect!
She stretched out again along the tree trunk and pointed the stick at the collar. The tip of the branch just barely brushed the tags hanging from the collar, and they jingled — but the collar stayed put.
Back on shore, Noodle would not stop barking and dancing around. He really wanted her to get that collar.
Lizzie tried again, poking the stick carefully beneath the collar and jiggling it free from the tangle of branches. On her third try, she hooked the collar! Now all she had to do was pull it... back toward her — without dropping it down onto the ice.MoreLess
Lizzie glanced back across the lake, to where her dad and the boys were waiting. Should she go get help? No! She could do it herself.
Lizzie thought for a second. Then, holding on to the tree with one hand, she reached out and broke off one of its long, dead branches. Perfect!
She stretched out again along the tree trunk and pointed the stick at the collar. The tip of the branch just barely brushed the tags hanging from the collar, and they jingled — but the collar stayed put.
Back on shore, Noodle would not stop barking and dancing around. He really wanted her to get that collar.
Lizzie tried again, poking the stick carefully beneath the collar and jiggling it free from the tangle of branches. On her third try, she hooked the collar! Now all she had to do was pull it... back toward her — without dropping it down onto the ice.MoreLess
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