Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne level 3

under the sea

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chapter 1 the monster from the deep I am

professor Aaron X my job is to study

everything dead or alive under the sea I

see beautiful and ugly things down there

but there is one strange experience that

stays in my mind’s like a nightmare

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it was 1867 some sailors ffedith that

they saw the dangerous giant monster

living in the cold waters of the ocean

some ships tried to find it and kill it

but they never returned people said it

looked like a whale it was 300 feet long

water came out it was like a big

underwater explosion the largest whale

was only one feeding

you

the Abraham Lincoln left New York Harbor

on the 3rd of July 1867 500,000 people

were there to say goodbye Ned land the

famous whale killer was also on the ship

Farragut

the captain of the ship was a strong and

brave man when we first met he’s shook

my hand

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sea monster me kill me die I didn’t like

this idea but I didn’t say anything at

the time

we sailed the three months and we never

saw the creature once the men wanted to

find and kill the sea monster but after

all this time everyone on the ship

started to believe that there was no

monster and then it happened it was

night time and we were 200 miles off the

coast of Japan when suddenly Ned land at

the harpooner cried out there is the men

on the ship began to run and shouts the

creature looked as if it was asleep we

could see it because there was a strange

light under the water then a cannon

fired at the monster a cannonball hit it

but it didn’t move captain Farragut

didn’t know what to do

my god and my cannon can’t kill this

monster what pan just then I saw Ned

land with his harpoon in his hands

piling to the front of the ship everyone

watched him silently I saw the harpoon

leave his hand and hit the giant

creature right in its back water shot

out of the wound

it’s forced not to be right out of the

ship into the dark cold ocean

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chapter 2 saved from the ocean

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I found myself underwater it was very

cold and I tried hard to get to the top

and breathe when my head was finally

above the waves I saw that the Abraham

Lincoln was more than 102 feet away

hell hell no one could hear me my

clothes felt heavy in the water I felt

something touch me on the leg I was

terrified I thought it was a shark or

even the monster sir are you all right

sir

thank God it was my faithful assistant

conse conse my boy what do you do when I

saw you fall into water sir I felt it

was my duty to follow you but why did

you risk your life to save mine your

life sir is more important than life

thank you

you are a true but what happened to the

ship

I’m afraid the whale hit the ship sir it

can’t turn around it was true the

abraham lincoln moved away from us it

couldn’t turn back it was dark and we

knew that we had to stay in the water

for the night we hoped that in the

morning someone from the ship could see

us if we were still alive we were tired

we tried to help each other swim the

movie came out from behind the clouds

and we saw that the abraham lincoln was

too far away just then we felt we

couldn’t swim any longer at that moment

I touched something hard I thought it

was a rock but then I realized it was

metal conse and I held onto it and then

we heard a voice hey hey over here

it was net lands voice but we couldn’t

see them we tried to move on to this

strange metal object to get close to him

it’s me Ned Ned land

did you fall into the water - I sure did

there was a good thing I landed on this

I landed on the monster rooster you mean

we owned the monster yes miss moving

only snow monster it’s a ship

he was Roy’s what all of his thought was

a large whale was a 300 foot long

underwater ship

Ned sat on a platform which was on top

of the show we knocked on the ship’s

sides but they were too thick and no one

heard us

we heard the noise of the ship’s engine

they only hope it doesn’t go under the

water

the mysterious ship began to sink before

Ned finished his sentence suddenly the

ship stopped sinking a short man in

strange black clothes opened the Sutra

door on the top of the ship when he saw

us he ran back inside frightened two

minutes later six large men with black

masks came out took us by the arms and

took us down on inside the ship Chapter

three

inside the Nautilus they took us through

a long dark tunnel we could see nothing

around us they put us into a dark room

then closed the door behind us a light

came on the room was empty it only had a

table and five chairs in the middle Ned

land got very angry he mustn’t treat me

like this I didn’t do anything wrong I’m

getting out of here you hear me I won

out

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Ned screamed at the locked door but no

one answered his call don’t use all your

energy mr. land we may need it later

quite right Kahn say as usual you speak

with your mind and not your heart the

door opened again after some minutes

humans stood there in front of us one

was tall with dark serious eyes the

other was short he looked at us without

any interest

the two men wore black hats and shoes

made from seal skin their clothes looked

thin and comfortable they spoke a

language which I did not understand I

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spoke to the men French German and

English I told them a story but they did

not seem to understand mr. Lanz got

angry again

you listen to me you let us off this

ship for there’s no reason to be angry

mr. land it is I who should be angry

with you the tool man was calm and he

spoke perfect English he surprised all

of us and we didn’t say a word you are

on the Nautilus I am its captain and my

name is Captain Nemo this ship and my

own life is a secret to the outside

world I do not want to see that world

again I live here under the sea you will

stay here with me but you will have the

same freedom everyone else on the ship

has what does that mean captain that

means that you are free to see all the

wonderful things under the sea no man in

your world can ever see these things I’m

saying gentlemen but you are very lucky

you mean we’ll never go home again

that’s impossible mr. land you gave me

no choice

I do not want anybody to know my secret

you attacked my ship you found me

now you must do what ice Ned land was

not happy at all

I can only say that I was very

interested in this strange man where did

he come from

why did he leave our world

Captain Nemo spoke to the short man in

this strange language then the short man

left us then he tried to be friendly you

will not find life on the naughty list

so bad we have wonderful food and your

rooms are very comfortable the captain

showed Ned and Kahn say to their rooms

but he stopped me for a moment professor

may I show you something

why of course Captain Nemo took me down

to the bottom of the Nautilus where

there was a room like a large museum it

had pictures by famous painters on the

walls and glass cases with beautiful

shelves from the sea I read your book

professor you know a lot about sea life

you’ll see

I enjoy sea life you have things here

that most people only read about captain

well I enjoy this room but what I really

prefer is looking out there the captain

pressed a button and two of the walls

opened up

behind them there were large glass

windows looking out onto the sea a white

lines coming from the ship made

everything easy to see I stood in front

of the window like a small boy at the

zoo and believe me

I didn’t feel at all like Captain Nemo’s

prisoner

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you

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chapter fall outside the Nautilus

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the Nautilus traveled underwater

watching the mysteries of the ocean the

captain and his crew were excellent

hosts they gave us wonderful seafood and

we were free to visit any place we liked

on the ship

we traveled near the coasts of Australia

and Papua New Guinea I enjoyed seeing

all the strange sea life of these waters

I had enough information to write a new

book but Ned land was not happy on the

lot of us he was a whale hunter and his

life was above the water hunting whales

one morning he asked concerned me to go

to his room to talk I want to talk about

our escape our escape should we’re

underwater how can we escape not now

this ship goes above water every two

days to fill it with clean air when

we’re near land we have to try to escape

the waters we are in now a full of

sharks mr. land and all that professor

will wait when we get close to a country

we know we’ll try to escape

how will we leave the newtonís Ned land

had no time to answer this question

there was a loud crash and we all fell

to the floor the lights went on and off

and the engine stopped the top of the

Nautilus was just above the surface of

the water

I saw Captain Nemo on the platform

outside the ship the ship was between

two large rocks unable to move we had to

wait six days for the water to rise

before the ship could leave the captain

didn’t seem at all worried the sea

brought us here mercy will take us away

we were very close to Padua I could see

it from the ship midland asked the

captain if we could go on land and

some animals because he didn’t want to

eat fish Captain Nemo led the three of

us go this didn’t surprise me at all

they were only cannibals on Papua we

couldn’t escape because they would kill

us

there was a small boat on the Nautilus

which we used to get to land and Captain

Nemo gave us guns and we were all

excited to return to land and feel free

again the beach of papal was beautiful

he’d had soft white sand and 200 foot

tall palm trees we found bananas and

coconuts and we made a small camping

area for the day some wild animals came

into the forest and ran away once' was

at first frightened I thought he was a

cannibals

don’t worry Khan say it’s not yet

lunchtime we all laughed then continued

looking for fruits and vegetables we

walked through the tropical forest we

were so excited by this new adventure

that we forgot where we were walking we

were far from the beach I felt something

small hit my head I think I was hit by a

rock a rock there’s another suddenly we

saw others moving through the forest

professor sir we’re not alone there were

cannibals everywhere we ran back to the

beach they followed us they carried

Spears and shouted in a strange language

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we jumped into the boat leaving all our

food and guns behind they got into the

water after ease some of them came in

their own boats they threw Spears at us

but they all missed we jumped back on

the Nautilus and went below I found

Captain Nemo in a small room next to the

museum he was playing the piano

captain there are cannibals outside the

notice the sea professor and music make

me feel very peaceful captain did you

hear me I did and there is no reason to

worry the Nautilus is perfectly safe

from those outside the captain left the

piano and went out of the room he and

some of his men went up and opened the

outside door of the Nautilus

sterile cannabis down fiber one tried to

get him but when his hand touched the

he screamed another fight the same thing

and he also screamed and soon hold and

swam away you see professor there is

electricity around that door anyone who

touches it feels great pain I felt

terrified the captain had everything he

needed to protect himself and his men he

also had everything he needed to keep us

prisoners

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chapter 5 an underwater cemetery

the Nautilus was finally free of the

rocks near Papua we now traveled east

past Australia and into the Indian Ocean

life on the ship was normal again

we sometimes stopped on the ocean floor

and walked outside the ship we wore

special suits they had large glass heads

with special tanks filled with air so we

could breathe Ned land still wanted to

escape and he thought about it every day

but now that we were in the Indian Ocean

there was nowhere to escape to

one afternoon while the Nautilus was on

the surface of the water I went upstairs

to have a look outside

I saw Captain Nemo looking through a

telescope of something far away he said

something to one of his men and the man

went downstairs quickly the captain

looked very serious

I had a small telescope with me so I put

it up to my eye to see what he was

looking at at that moment I felt the

strong hand not the telescope away from

my eye

professor I want her to go below you mr.

Lander mr. cone say mistake in your room

until I say you can be may I ask no

there was nothing more to say Captain

Nemo was upset about something and he

had the power to tell us what to do I

went to my room quietly they served our

dinner in our rooms

I fell asleep quickly when I woke up I

thought that they put something in our

food to make a sleep the next afternoon

captain knew suddenly opened my door he

came in with one of his men he looked

very worried professor do you know

anything about Nets do you mean am i a

doctor yes I know some things why I have

a man who needs help would you have a

look at him of course

Captain Nemo took me to a room where

there was a man lying on a bed he had

white bandages on his head there was

blood on the bandages and the man looked

very sick he was cold and white I told

Captain Nemo that he would not live the

captain’s face changed he looked very

sad and there were tears in his eyes

mainly asked what happened the captain

turned away from me

what does it matter a man or die isn’t

that enough Captain Nemo surprised me at

times he could be cold and serious then

he could cry for a member of his crew

you can go a professor the next day I

saw the captain on the platform it was a

bright sunny day I did not want to say

anything about the sick man but I was

curious I asked him if he wanted to go

for a walk on the ocean floor

he said yes so we put our suits on and

off we went

the Indian Ocean had the most beautiful

rocks plants and fish in the world all

of us enjoyed it very much

it was like a colorful picture show but

Captain Nemo had another reason for our

walk I saw that his men carried

something long and flat in the back they

also had tools to dig with then we

arrived at a safe area with large plants

around it

they put the bag down and began digging

at that moment I understood everything

they were going to bury the dead man

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when we returned to the Nautilus I told

Captain Nemo that his man was safe where

he was not even sharks can go there

captain

oh man professor chapter 6 the giant

pearl and the shark

we traveled in the Indian Ocean for 10

days

the Nautilus did not seem to have any

particular direction

I did not see Captain Nemo for some days

after the man’s death

he stayed locked in his room

the ship was quiet one day on say Ned

land ‘innahu were in the museum we were

looking through the underwater windows

at the beautiful fish I wanted to know

what the others thought of Captain Nemo

conse said I think he’s a scientist who

never had any success that’s why he’s

here under the sea

he’s not famous and he’s angry about

that I think he’s crazy but we will die

here unless we escape and I think you’re

both wrong he’s angry about something he

is not free here she loves to see yes

but there is something missing from his

life maybe he blamed someone for that

and I think he wanted to hurt that

person as I said this the walls closed

over the slight windows and captain

Newman Walton would you like to go pearl

fishing this is the richest part of the

world to fish for pearls we all looked

at each other and agreed we were

prisoners but it was exciting to see all

of the mysteries is deceived

the ocean the India has thousands of

oysters the pearls inside them can cost

hundreds of dollars

there are many sharks in these waters

and it’s very dangerous to go looking

for pearls there I didn’t like the idea

of sharks we only had small knives to

fight them with Ned land had his harpoon

with him but he was very busy trying to

collect as many oysters as he could

Captain Nemo took us to a small cave

inside it I saw an oyster over six feet

wide it had a pearl inside it as big as

a coconut I wanted to take it back to

the ship with us it was the only one of

its kind in the world but Captain Nemo

said no he wanted the Pearl to grow

alone there in the cave until it was

truly the most fantastic pearl in the

world on the way back to the ship we saw

an Indian boy swimming for pearls

we hid behind some rocks so he couldn’t

see us suddenly a large shark swam

nearby the boy saw it but it was too

late

Captain Nemo swam away from the rocks

with his knife in his hand and began

fighting with the animal

the boy looked terrified Captain Nemo

fought for the show and with blood in

the water the captain looks in trouble

immediately Ned land captain killed the

shark with his hot food the captain was

safe and I was so surprised that I

couldn’t move when we got back to the

Nautilus the captain thanked med land

you saved my life mr. land thank you

don’t thank me

I kill sharks and whales because it’s my

job I didn’t do it for you

come mr. loud that’s a horrible thing to

say it’s alright can’t say I understand

mr. land I saw in his face that he did

understand and Ned land we were

prisoners

Ned lands only thought was to escape

Captain Nemo understood that thought he

would feel the same way if he were in

edlund’s position

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Chapter seven the lost city Captain Nemo

took us north through the Indian Ocean

to the Red Sea but the Red Sea had no

exit as we got closer to Egypt I went

upstairs to the glass room at the top of

the ship it was dark outside we were a

long way under the sea captain nemo

turned on the outside lights I don’t

understand captain

there was no exit here we cannot go

through the Maryland but we can go under

it watch we move down below the country

of beaches suddenly I saw a large hole

in the rock a tumbler that’s right

professor and we are going through the

Nautilus sure as we went through the

small tunnel it looked like an old cave

then water surrounded the ship and there

was no more land when concerned Ned woke

up I told them that we’re in the

Mediterranean Sea

but how who cares

now’s our chance when we got we’re gonna

ski the coast here and we could take the

small boat to get to land degree I could

not think only of myself constantly

loved the sea but I did not think he

wanted to move his life there Ned land

could not escape without our help

I agree only tell me when you were ready

but the Nautilus did not go near the

surface of the water again for some time

in fact we went further down Ned land

stayed in his room I felt sorry for him

but I loved the sea for many hours I

stood in front of the window in the

museum we sailed through the

Mediterranean Sea and entered the deep

mysterious Atlantic ocean the ocean

became dark and we continued to go

further and further down Captain Nemo

came into the museum as I studied the

ocean floor I have a little surprise for

you professor as he said this the bright

light appeared from behind the mountain

of rocks in front of us what is it just

watch we came closer to the light and I

could see trees on the ocean floor

that’s not possible

the Nautilus moved up over the mountain

and I saw that the light came from an

old underwater volcano there was no fire

but the hot lava still produced lights

the light showed us part of the ocean

floor there were stone houses and

ancient temples on it I did not

understand how such things could be

there it looks like a city from

thousands of years ago it is it’s the

lost city of Atlantis

I looked up at Captain Nemo he never

took his eyes off the window I looked

down again so it was true I thought

Atlantis did exist but only Captain Nemo

knew for sure

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chapter 8 the giant squid we traveled

through the Atlantic Ocean down to the

South Pole we went under the ice and

came out on the other side

imagine what we saw penguins

whales polar bears dolphins icebergs

it was like a dream and we saw it from

the inside of the Nautilus

we continued up the coast of South

America finally we came to the warm

waters near the Bahamas who could be

unhappy only one person Ned land conte

name and i were in the museum looking

out at old stone walls five thousand

feet under the sea the red giant squid

in the holes of those walls come

professor you don’t believe that dear

what a giant squid sir both giant squid

is really just a story many people like

to tell stories about giant squid but no

one knows if they are true but I know

one man who said he saw him how long was

it 20 feet did it have eight tentacles

like snakes coming out of a big round

head yes and did it have a mouth and

nose like a bird’s yes mariko sir

because I think I see it right there

I looked out of the window and there was

a 25-foot giant squid it moved close to

the Nautilus and hit the window with its

long tentacles the Nautilus was too

strong for it but it was a very

frightening creature consuming other

smaller squid came near the window and

they all wanted to attack the ship they

did not know what it was

suddenly the Nautilus stopped Captain

Nemo

Kaylee’s the museum do something wrong

captain yes one of those ugly creatures

is caught in our problem what can we do

we can take the ship up then try to free

the monster Captain Nemo never thought

of danger he thought nothing could stop

him his men or his ship

we all went upstairs Captain Nemo gave

us all access to cut the squids

tentacles if they attacked one man went

to open the door to the platform as he

opened it a long thick tentacle that a

giant squid came inside like a snake and

pulled the man out

of the space outside six or seven small

squid moved along the top of the

Nautilus throwing all the tentacle on

the ship and two men we fought them with

our axes but the large one the one with

captain immersion man in the senticles

stood holding the man in the air the men

cried for help I was surprised he spoke

English

Captain Nemo attacked the giant squid

with his ax he cut off some of its

tentacles

I thought Captain Nemo would save his

man then I saw nude land with his

harpoon in his hand

I thought he was going to kill the

captain one of the smallest with the

harpoon flee led down the squid was

about to pull him into the sea captain

nemo saw this contract the squid

tentacle and saved Ned land you saved my

life

didn’t you do the same for me yes but

Captain Nemo did not wait for the answer

he turned to help his own man but it was

too late the giant squid shot blacking

out

and none of us could see anything when

we cleaned our faces and our eyes the

squid was gone

taking the man with it

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chapter nine the battle the Nautilus was

quiet again

the only sound we could hear was the

ship’s engine captain Lee mo stayed in

his library I didn’t see him for several

days the same thing happened after the

death of one of his men I thought there

was something more to this

maybe Captain Nemo thought that soon all

his men would die in the Nautilus and

his secret would be lost

Ned land could not wait any longer I

want you to talk to the captain

professor ask him if we can leave no

it’s not the time that it is if you

don’t speak to him I’m gonna do it

myself

all right Ned I’ll do it when soon no

professor now I had no choice Ned LAN

lost his temper and I thought Captain

Nemo might listen to me and let us go I

found the captain in his library he

stood and looked at a picture of a young

woman with two small children he didn’t

hear me go in he looked very sad who was

this woman was it is one my leg hit a

table then Captain Nemo turned around

I’m sorry captain I came to speak to not

now professor I’m afraid it’s important

what is it

it’s about our freedom the men and I

need to know what you plan to do with us

I already told you captain you can’t

expect us to stay on the ship forever

professor you found me I did not find

you no one who enters the Nautilus ever

leaves there is nothing else to say

suddenly I heard a voice speaking in

that strange language

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the voice came from another room it was

one of the captain’s men

the captain became very angry professor

I want you to go to your room

I left the captain but I didn’t return

to my room I went upstairs to the

platform there I found Ned and come say

sir it’s a ship

there was a ship traveling very fast

towards us hey we’re over here Ned land

tried to call the ship over the ship

answered with cannonball they’re firing

at us

hey oh don’t shoot suddenly Ned land saw

Captain Nemo

I want all three of you to go to your

rooms now the ship came closer Captain

Nemo’s men got ready to fight it this is

my real enemy I’ve killed my friends and

family now it’s my turn to kill them

Captain Nemo for the black flag on the

notice with a yellow end in the center

of it we all went down inside the ship

I watched the final in the glass window

in the museum and the note of the chakra

may explode out of the cannonballs in

the water but it went forward ready to

attack the enemy ship with its sharp

nose I saw the men on the other ship

fall into the water there was a loud

explosion and then silence chapter 10

the whirlpool

Captain Nemo was not the man I thought

he was I had respect for him as a

scientist but he murdered those men on

the other ship after the terrible battle

with the enemy ship everything on the

Nautilus was quiet

I did not see Captain Nemo or any of his

men

we traveled underwater never coming up

except for pair Ned and conse stayed in

their rooms we all felt the same now the

adventure of the Nautilus was not

exciting or interesting it was ugly and

deadly the only thing we wanted was to

escape Ned land came into my room one

night and woke me up we were in the

North Sea near the coast of Norway

professor wake up the boats ready now is

the time

can you see LAN yes 40 miles away we

have to try I agree I’ll go at first con

say is there wait for two minutes they

come up after me anyone stops you Callum

Ned land put a fishing knife in my hand

and left the room I looked around one

more time

this was my home for nine months for

most of that time I enjoyed it but now I

had to leave as I walked through the

museum to the stairs I heard music

coming from Captain Nemo’s library I

listened to him playing the piano

and I thought I heard him say those were

Captain Nemo’s last words I found Ned

land and Kahn say in the small boats on

the platform Ned worked quickly to set

it free

the Nautilus suddenly began to turn

around in circles the men below began to

shout what’s happening sir I don’t know

get ready

I’m almost finished suddenly I thought I

understood what the men below said in

their strange language the Nautilus

who’s in the world for the waters off

the coast of Norway were famous for this

boats which sailed into these work holes

never escaped

what shall we do professor don’t read

the books we’ll never make it

I can’t hold it

something hit me on the head and that’s

the last thing I remember

I am writing this now some months later

I am safe now

the Whirlpool through our boat away from

the Nautilus some fishermen found us and

took us to the shore I do not know what

happened to Captain Nemo and the

Nautilus maybe he is still alive living

under the sea all I know is that we

traveled 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

from the Pacific to the Indian Ocean

through the Red Sea and the

Mediterranean across the Atlantic and to

the North and South Poles I saw things

that no man from my world will ever see

it was a strange and wonderful adventure

one I will never forget

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