Pirates, Ships, and Sailors by Kathryn Jackson

Author:Kathryn Jackson [Jackson, Kathryn]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-307-98318-3
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 2012-06-26T16:00:00+00:00

“It’s the Flying Dutchman!” the first mate hissed. “You tempted her with your boasting! Now we’ll all perish on some fearsome rocks!”

Closer and closer came the wild dark ship. The first mate made to turn the wheel. But I put my hand on his arm.

“Sail straight at her,” I begged.

Then I ran down from the bridge and hurled myself into the sea. Down I went, deep, deep, into the dark water, never to come up again.

And even as I did, the fog disappeared. The sky and sea were fair and blue. The Flying Dutchman was gone. But on each side of our good ship loomed jagged rocks. Another turn of the wheel and she would have crashed into them and sunk!

“Alas for the man who gave his life to save our ship!” sighed the first mate. “Alas for poor, brave, wonderful and marvelous second mate Garrett!”

Oh, all my shipmates grieved that I had drowned to satisfy the Flying Dutchman! But I never regretted it, nor do I to this day.

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