Book Review 2-11: MAISIE AND THE DOLPHIN

I read MAISIE AND THE DOLPHIN. A girl whose mother and father work at an animal hospital goes out in a boat with her grandfather to go swimming underwater. One day, they find an injured dolphin by an American. They take the dolphin home. Then, they take care of the dolphin very hard. Can the dolphin gets well and go to the sea again?

Maisie King lives in the Bahamas. Her mother and father work at the Freeport Animal Hospital next to their home. She and her grandfather often go out in his boat to go swimming underwater. One day, she sees a piece of wood. There are some letters on it: 'M..N...A.' Then, she swims back to the boat. He is watching a big, expensive American boat and a dolphin. Surprisingly, The American boat hits the dolphin and drives away! They take the dolphin home. They find the American boat. 'Why is it here?' Maisie asks her mother. Carl Flint, an American, and your father are in our house. I think it's his boat,' she answers. Maisie runs into the house and hears her father. 'You want to give me 200000 dollars for the hospital and this house!?' he says. 'Yes, I want to build a big hotel here. However, you don't need to decide to do it. 4 weeks later, I'll come here again,' Carl says. After that, Maisie names the dolphin Ben. Since she takes care of him with her family very hard, he gets strong and well again! Then, the time when he goes home comes. Maisie is very sad, but she takes Ben out to sea with her grandfather. A few minutes later, Ben swims away. However, she can see a dolphin beside them in the water. The dolphin is Ben, and he gets an old key in his mouth. She dives into the water. Under the water, Maisie sees a piece of wood with the letters 'M..N...A' on it. 'I remember this!' she thinks. He takes her to a box which has the word 'MONTOYA' on the top. She takes the key from his mouth and opens the box. There are lots of gold coins in it! Thanks to Ben, Maisie's father can decline Carl's offer. In addition, her mother and father can build a new hospital.

MAISIE AND THE DOLPHIN included an impressive scene for me. It is that Ben took Maisie to a treasure box under the water. If he hadn't found the treasure box, her family might have had to sell their hospital and house for a living. Therefore, I thought Ben did a very good job for them. After I read the scene, it seemed to be like a part of the scene in The Grateful Crane to me. Perhaps, he might think he wanted to give something back to them after they helped him. [474 words]