As the sun’s heat beat down on the back of the great polar bear, he was unaware the ice block he was fishing from, was melting.

He could see seals chasing the fish back and forth underneath, waiting in anticipation for one to get close enough to grab and feast on. 

As he paced, there was an almighty cracking noise and the ice he was standing on broke off and started floating away into the Arctic Ocean. 

Now the sudden feeling of isolation hits, to keep fishing as he was hungry, or make a splash and swim back to land.

MATTHEW – YEAR 8