then a storm came on, and the wonderful paper crane got damp, crumpled up, and fell into the sea. sentaro fell with it. very much frightened at the thought of being drowned, he cried out loudly to jofuku to save him. he looked round, but there was no ship in sight. he swallowed a quantity of sea-water, which only increased his miserable plight. while he was thus struggling to keep himself afloat, he saw a monstrous shark swimming towards him. as it came nearer it opened its huge mouth ready to devour him. sentaro was all but paralyzed with fear now that he felt his end so near, and screamed out as loudly as ever he could to jofuku to come and rescue him.