ReadOasis Step 2
(Part 1)

Courtesy of RNLI/Grace Darling Museum

It was a cold autumn day—windy, gray, and rainy. Like most stormy days in the north of England, the wind and rain came hard. People hurried through gray village streets in dark coats, holding onto their hats. Sharp sheets of rain flew sideways, straight into their eyes. Rain fell and blew up and down and all around in circles.

Then, with a loud noise, the storm broke out, all wild and angry. The waters of the North Sea turned rou...