The Octonauts & the Great Ghost Reef

In “The Octonauts & the Great Ghost Reef,” the Octonauts travel to a large reef city where they discover this bustling destination has turned into a ghost town! The once colorful coral has turned an eerie white and homes lay empty. So the crew visit different reef 'neighborhoods' from mangrove forests to seagrass meadows, searching for clues. Can they solve the mystery of the great ghost reef?

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Today, we're reading theOctonauts and the great ghost
reef by Meiomi.
It was a clear and sunny dayunder the tropical sea when.
Captain barnacles bear wastesting his snorkel.
Peso penguin was shampooing.
Claudius.

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Tweak money was changing a sparkplug.
Dr.
Shellington was modeling his newswimsuit.
Tune up the vegetable waspacking a picnic basket.
Dashi dog was picking outsunglasses.
Quality kitten was taking thecat nap.
Professor inkling was studyinghis travel guide.
The crew quickly assembled inthe octopods headquarters,

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defined professor inkling,frantically pointing to the Erie
landscape outside.
Octonauts the small Dumbooctopus, exclaimed.
We're all excited about ourvacation to the great reef city,
but something peculiar hastranspired.
What a shiver, me timbers.
Everything is white.
Quasi puzzled out loud.

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This place looks like a ghosttown.
The city is built on top of agiant coral reef.
Normally reefs look likecolorful rocks, where many
plants and animals make theirhomes.
Dr.
Shellington informed the crew.
This is not at all.
What I expected.
We need to find out whathappened here.
Captain barnacles decided.

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The crew cautiously explored thesilent streets of the city as
they pass the abandonedbuildings and empty houses.
They caught glimpses of paleshapes and heard strange creeks
and moans.
Did you see that?
Did you feel that.
Did you hear that?

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I'm sure there's a perfectlygood scientific explanation for
all this.
Shellington said nervously.
Eventually they came upon an oldturtle, nudging, a large trunk
out his front door.
Noticing the name on themailbox.
Barnacles politely asked.
Excuse me, Mr.
Slew stash.
Could you tell us what happenedhere?

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The turtle slowly looked thepolar bear up and down.
I Then gave a low side.
I am afraid.
It's all a great mystery.
Mr.
Slow stash.
She began his tail.
When I first moved here.

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As a young whip or snapper.
The reef was famous for itsbright colors and sea grass.
Plenty to eat.
As time went by.
More and more animals game tolive here.
They built fancy buildings,theaters, and shops.
This place was quite the hotspot.

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I guess everyone was so busy.
that no one noticed the coralbeneath the city.
I had started turning white.
And brittle.
Bit by bit it spread.
The turtle gestured sadly to hisown home.
No, even my house is fallingover.
Nobody knows what calls this.

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Some even say the city ishaunted.
I'm the last to go.
It's just too cold here from myold bones.
Dashi padded the turtle shelland asked, is there anything we
can do to help?
Mr.
SLO stash smiled andappreciation.

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Thank you.
Young lady.
I remember a beach from mychildhood just to shake some, a
turtles tail from here.
I could certainly use a handmoving my rock collection there.
The Octonauts packed.
Mr.
Slow stashes belongings onto thegut bay and the ship took off
with a big swoosh.

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Arriving at the Sandy dunes ofthe beach, barnacles looked
around and smiled.
It sure is nice and warm.
Everyone seems to be enjoyingthe sun.
I forgot how shallow the wateris here.
An old turtle like me needs moreshelter, Mr SLO stash, Fred, as
he tucked into his shell.

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Let's keep looking.
How about this mangrove forestthere?
She asked.
The trees give cover to theanimals and even drop fruit down
for food.
Shaking his head stubbornly, theturtle persisted.
Um, but I don't see any of myfavorite sea grass.

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Luckily sea grass Meadows growright near mangroves.
Peso announced cheerfully.
Look at those happy to gongstint in the fields.
The water is so murky here.
Not clean and clear, like mildreef, fast, the turtle.
He Shar is picky.
I need a vacation from thisvacation, quasi muttered.

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Flipping his tail andfrustration, slow stash,
limited.
I never realized how special myreef was until now.
There's no other place quitelike it.
If we can't find you a new home,we'll just have to figure out
what's wrong with your old one.
Barnacle said confidently.
Let's head back and solve thisghost reef mystery.

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returning to the city.
The crew found tweaked using theGupti to prop up a row of
teetering buildings.
Watch out the money shouted outwith concern.
The city is starting to fall.
We need to do something fast.
Just then Shellington ran up tothe crew and explained.
Opta knots while you were away.

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I discovered something veryfascinating.
The reef isn't rocket.
All it's made up of thousands oflittle creatures.
The coral is alive.
Does that mean they're notghosts pay.
So timidly asked.
Shellington shook his head andexplained no, but they are cold

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and hungry.
When I was studying the healthyreef outside of town.
I learned that each coral hasalgae inside that give it color
and help it make food.
algae, our plants and plantsneed light inkling added the
buildings must be blocking outthe sun and causing this coil to
give up its algae.
So that's why the reef turnedwhite.

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Octonauts we have to move thesebuildings.
Barnacles declared.
Aha.
News of the Octonauts discoveryspread quickly in animals from
far and wide returned to helptogether.
They lifted off pieces of cityto uncover the coral beneath.

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Everyone worked to build newhomes around the coral instead
of on top.
Slowly, the reef became colorfuland healthy again.
Um, thank you for solving thismystery.
Now I've learned that we need tocare for the reef.
Just like it cares for us.
The turtle gratefully presentedeach of the crew with a rock

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from his prize collection.
For all your hard work, slowstash added with a wink.
The Octonauts laughed and allagreed.
This was the greatest reefvacation ever.