Extrait du livre The disappearing sea
The disappearing sea A tale by Arnaud de Buchy Pedagogical content by Emmanuelle Reyss & Jean-Baptiste Lorenzo Illustrated by Sonia Grandame & Joachim Hérissé Le Regard Sonore Editions
The sea was calm. A few of the sun's rays were shining through the clouds making the surface of the water sparkle. Moko and Alarick's boat was slowly drifting along. Moko threw the fishing net out as far as he could.
All of a sudden a strange white smoke appeared skimming the surface of the waves. Bit by bit, the smoke clouded over the entire sea and Moko could no longer see anything, not his friend, not the boat, not the horizon, nor the sea… Everything seemed to have… Disappeared. Alarick ? Alarick ? What's going on ? Where is this smoke coming from ? Why is there no fire? We must have entered the land of the mists. They are wicked, we must turn back.
Moko feared that this evil fog would erase the sea and the sky and that they would not be able to find their way through it! Strange shapes and bizarre sounds suddenly surrounded the two friends. They both shook like leaves on a branch.