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Leland the Lion has always wanted to be a lifeguard.

He wants to sit on the big, tall, lifeguard stand and watch 

over all the animals on the beach and in the water and 

make sure they are all safe. 

Because Leland wants to be a lifeguard, he likes to stand 

close to the lifeguard stand and watch the lifeguards do 

their job in hopes that this will help him learn how to be a 

lifeguard. 

The three lifeguards who work on the beach are J.P. the 

Penguin, Paul the Puffin and Scottie the Seal. 

One day while Leland the Lion was standing next to the 

lifeguard stand, Leland saw J.P. the Penguin jump off the 

stand and paddle out on the rescue board to help rescue 

Matty & Melissa Muskrat who were being pulled out by the 

tide.  

A rescue board is a very big surfboard which a lifeguard 

can use to help struggling animals get back to shore. 

J.P. the Penguin helped Matty & Melissa Muskrat onto the 

rescue board and then caught the next wave and surfed 

the two muskrats all the way in to the beach. 

When J.P. the Penguin came back to the stand, Leland the 

Lion said, “You are such a great surfer J.P.! Could you help 

me learn how to surf so that I can help save animals and be 

a lifeguard too?” 

J.P. the Penguin said, “I’d love to Leland but you’re a lion 

and everyone knows lions can’t surf very well. Maybe you 

should try and be something other than a lifeguard” and 

then J.P. the Penguin got back up on the stand to watch 

the water.

The next day while Leland was standing next to the 

lifeguard stand, Leland watched Paul the Puffin fly over 

the ocean and spot Marty the Moose swimming towards a 

rip current which is a strong ocean current that can pull 

swimmers away from the beach. Rip currents are very 

dangerous. 

Paul the Puffin quickly flew down towards Marty the 

Moose and then blew his whistle loudly to warn him that 

he was swimming towards a dangerous rip current. 

Marty thanked Paul the Puffin and quickly started 

swimming in the opposite direction.     

When Paul the Puffin came back to the stand, Leland the 

Lion said, “You are such a great spotter Paul! Could you 

help me learn how to spot and warn animals in trouble so 

that I can help save animals and be a lifeguard too?” 

Paul the Puffin said, “I’d love to Leland but you’re a lion 

and everyone knows lions can’t fly or blow a whistle very 

well. Maybe you should try and be something other than a 

lifeguard” and then Paul the Puffin got back up on the 

stand to watch the water.

The next day, while Leland was standing next to the 

lifeguard stand, Leland saw two little bunnies stuck on a 

sandbar. 

A sandbar is an area in the ocean that is very shallow and 

easy to walk to during low tide. 

However, when the tide comes in, and the water around 

the sandbar becomes very deep, animals, especially little 

animals, have a hard time leaving the sandbar and getting 

back to shore. 

Scottie the seal, who also saw that the two bunnies were 

stuck, quickly jumped off of the lifeguard stand and 

grabbed a red rescue torpedo. 

A red rescue torpedo is a red plastic flotation device which 

helps lifeguards pull animals in to shore. 

Scottie then ran to the water with the red rescue torpedo, 

dove in and swam out to the two bunnies. 

Leland watched Scottie as he told the two little bunnies to 

grab the handles on the sides of the red rescue torpedo. 

Once the bunnies had a firm grip on the red rescue 

torpedo, Scottie the Seal swam them towards the beach, 

pulling them safely to shore.  

When Scottie the Seal came back to the stand, Leland the 

Lion said, “You are such a great swimmer Scottie! Could 

you help me learn how to swim so that I can help save 

animals and be a lifeguard too?” 

Scottie the Seal said, “I’d love to Leland but you’re a lion 

and everyone knows lions can’t swim very well. Maybe you 

should try and be something other than a lifeguard” and 

then Scottie the Seal got back up on the stand to watch the 

water.

Leland the Lion was very sad as it seemed that he would 

never be a lifeguard and be able to help other animals.  

Then, all of a sudden, a big storm appeared. The sky 

turned very dark, it started to thunder, the ocean waves 

got bigger, the ocean currents got stronger and it got very, 

very windy. 

The lifeguards knew they had to get everyone out of the 

water. 

But before they could, J.P. the Penguin saw Stanley the 

Squirrel struggling to swim ashore. He quickly jumped 

down from the stand, picked up his rescue board, and 

tried to carry the rescue board to the ocean so that he 

could paddle it out and save Stanley.  

However, the wind was so strong J.P. the Penguin was not 

able to carry it. 

“I can’t carry the rescue board with all this wind” thought 

J.P. the Penguin.  

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