then a storm came on , and the wonderful paper crane got damp , crumpled up , and fell into the sea . sentaro fell with it . very much frightened at the thought of being drowned , he cried out loudly to jofuku to save him . he looked round , but there was no ship in sight . he swallowed a quantity of sea - water , which only increased his miserable plight . while he was thus struggling to keep himself afloat , he saw a monstrous shark swimming towards him . as it came nearer it opened its huge mouth ready to devour him . sentaro was all but paralyzed with fear now that he felt his end so near . he screamed out as loudly as ever he could to jofuku to come and rescue him . lo , and behold , sentaro was awakened by his own screams , to find that during his long prayer he had fallen asleep before the shrine . all his extraordinary and frightful adventures had been only a wild dream . he was in a cold perspiration with fright , and utterly bewildered .
a monstrous shark .
what swam towards sentaro ?
what swam towards sentaro ?