It was a dark September morning. There was a storm at sea. A ship had been driven onto a low rock off the shores (海岸) of the Fame Islands. It had been broken in two by the waves, and half of it had been washed away. The other half still lay on the rock, and those of the crew (全体船员) who were still 1 were in great danger. However, waves were breaking over it, and soon it would also be carried to the bottom of the sea.
Could anyone 2 the poor men who were out there?
On one of the islands there was a lighthouse (灯塔). Grace was the 3 of the lighthouse keeper and she had lived beside the sea for her whole life.
In the darkness of the night, above the noise of the wind and waves, she 4 wild cries. When daylight came, she saw the poor sailors.
"We must try to save them!" she said to her father—the lighthouse keeper. "Let's go out in the boat at once!"
Grace's father said that it was of no use because the waves were too strong.
However, Grace said, "We can't just stay here and watch them die." Her father knew she was 5.
In a few minutes they were ready and they 6 in the heavy lighthouse boat. It was very hard to reach the men, but 7 the brave girl and her father made it. One by one, they helped the cold, tired sailors onto the 8. And soon they were all safe in the lighthouse. There Grace became a very good nurse. She took good care of the men until the storm died away and they were 9 enough to go to their own homes.
This 10 a long time ago, but the name Grace Darling will not be forgotten.
