

Lily and Ben were playing in the park. They liked to run and jump and slide. They saw a big pond with water and ducks. They wanted to see the ducks up close.
They ran to the pond and looked for the ducks. They saw some white ones and some brown ones. They saw something else too. It was long and green and had many teeth. It was a crocodile!
The crocodile saw them too. It was hungry and wanted to eat them. It opened its mouth and swam fast to them. Lily and Ben were scared. They tried to run away, but the crocodile was faster.
The crocodile caught Ben by his leg and pulled him into the water. Lily screamed and cried. She wanted to help Ben, but she could not. The crocodile was too strong and big.
Lily ran to find help. She saw a man on a high bridge. She shouted to him, "Help, help, a crocodile has Ben!" But the man did not hear her. He was listening to music on his headphones. He did not see the crocodile or Ben or Lily.
Lily was alone and sad. She had lost her friend to the crocodile. She wished she had never gone to the pond. She wished she had stayed away from the long, green, toothy thing. She wished she had listened to her mom, who had told her to be careful in the park.
