Luca: The Junior Novelization, Deluxe Edition

Luca: The Junior Novelization, Deluxe Edition — page 5
A fin broke the water's surface but only for a moment and then it went back under Tommaso continued listening to his beloved opera unaware of the shadowy arm that reached from the water on the other side of their fishing boat slicing the rope from the buoy that hung from its hull The arm took the buoy and disappeared beneath the sea As the men focused on the net before them the mysterious creature grabbed even more items from the boat a wrench a drinking glass even a deck of playing cards Giacomo thought he heard something and turned his head He could have sworn he saw a sea monster in the shadows peeking over the water's surface And it was reaching for the gramophone AHHHHH Giacomo shouted What is that Oh Per mille sardine Tommaso said dismissively Then the shadowy figure dove back into the water and swam right into the fishermen's line Whatever it was it was becoming tangled The fishermen took notice and began to pull the line in Tira tira Tomasso urged The boat tipped to one side and suddenly a sea monster breached the surface eyes glowing as both Giacomo and Tommaso screamed The fishing line was cut and the fishermen stumbled backward knocking the gramophone off the boat and into the dark water