Grandma's Stories-- 461---Father & Son !!

There was a man working on a ship as helper.His twelve year son started working with him.His father helped him learning to swim.One day it was a big sea storm the ship started moving ,a passenger’s little daughter fell down in the sea ,seeing this the helper also jumped and caught that girl’s cloth,put her on his chest and started swimming back towards the ship,but he saw a big Crocodile was coming to catch them,he got scared and was trembling ,People on the ship were also looking them,one of them brought a gun and started trying to kill the Crocodile,but no body dared to go down in the water to save them.The Crocodile did not get hurt with any bullet.The Crocodile was reaching nearer and nearer,His son was also looking down,he was very much worried about his father,he jumped down swam towards the Crocodile,with a sharp  sword, and insert the sword in Crocodile’s stomach ,The Crocodile was very angry ,he now wanted to kill the boy,but the boy slowly reached on Crocodile’s back and started hurting him,till that time the helper reached to the ship,and people pulledthem up.They all saw that the war was still going between the boy and the Crocodile.The Crocodile was now looking very weak because of blood loss,and the boy was looking very tired as well.But he collected all his courage and swam towards the Ship,People threw a rope ,he hold the rope but the Crocodile came speedily and swallowed him up to the waist,he then moved his body with big jerk and his body got divided in to two parts,The Crocodile wend down in the sea with down part of his body,The boy did not leave the rope,he was still holding it,but he was completely tired,they all pulled him up,seeing his condition,his father fainted .People sprinkled some water on him,he started weeping ,but the son was brave,he said,”Dad ! Don’t cry ,I am lucky that I could save your life,Please bless me,put your hand on my head.Father put his hand on Son’s head,and the son died.