The storm is finished in the morning. The weather is nice. And the evening is beautiful. Everything is quiet.

One man comes to me. We speak. We speak about the storm. I speak about my fear. The man gives me a drink. I drink very much. I sleep very well at night.

The next day, I forget about my home. I forget about my comfortable bed. I dream more about travelling.

CHAPTER 2 – STORM

The next day, our ship is slow because the wind is not strong.

Then the wind is strong again. We go fast. A new storm comes. This storm is bigger.

I am scared. The men are scared too. The waves are very big. The waves are like mountains. I see other ships. The ships are like toys. The waves play with the ships. I want to go home again.

The storm is very big. The men ask God for help.

Then, one man sees a hole in the ship. Water is inside. It is a bad situation.

Many men go down. They pump the water out. I am very scared. I can’t move. One man comes to me. He says, “Go down and help.” So I go down. We pump the water out.

I hear a gun. It is a signal from our captain. It is a signal that we have a big problem. Our ship is very broken. Our ship is full of water.

We work very hard. We pump the water out. But the hole is very big. More and more water is inside the ship.

The weather is better. The waves are smaller. But the ship is full of water. We need help. We see another ship before our ship. The men from the ship send a small boat. The men on the boat go to our ship. The men help us. We go on their boat.

Fifteen minutes later, our big ship goes under water. We are safe on the small boat. We see a land. We go to the land.

We see people on the beach. They wait for us. They help us. They give us some money. We can go to London or Hull. I go to London.

When I am in London, I meet a captain. The captain goes to Africa. I think that I can make some money there.

The captain tells me about the business in Africa. He tells me what to buy in England. He tells me what people in Africa need.

The journey to Africa is very good. I have a lot of money after this journey. I am happy. I want to travel more. I want to do more business. I want to learn how to control the ship. The captain teaches me how to control the ship.

I go to Africa again. The journey starts well. But soon we have big problems. We see a ship. It is not an English ship. It is a pirate ship. The pirates want to take our ship. Their ship is fast. Soon, they are near our ship.

The pirates attack us. Many pirates go on our ship. They kill our men. We can’t win. We stop the fight. Now, we are prisoners.

CHAPTER 3 – WOMAN

I am young and strong. I must work as a slave. I work for the captain of the pirates.

I feel very sad. I have a bad life. I must work hard.

I work every day. I work in the house. I work in the garden. The captain tells me what to do.

I don’t like my work. I want to change my situation. I want to be free again.

It is morning. I meet a young woman. She works in the house. She is so beautiful. She is also a slave. She cleans the house.

I speak with her. She doesn’t speak my language. But I feel that she understands me.

When she sees me, she is happy. And I am happy too.

Sometimes she touches me. But it is only a short moment. Slaves can’t be together.

I think about the young woman very often. I want to meet her every day. But she is not in the house every day. When I think about her, I have a nice feeling in my body. I think that I love this woman. I think that she is my girlfriend and I am her boyfriend. But our love is complicated. We can’t live together. It is very sad.

Sometimes I fish with the captain or his friends. A young boy helps us. We use a small boat when we fish.

One morning, when we fish, we are lost. Fog is around our boat. We see nothing. We can’t go home.

The next day, the fog is away. We can go home.

When we are back home, the captain says, “Use a bigger boat.”

The bigger boat is better for long journeys.

One day, the captain tel s me, “Put more food and drinks on the boat. Bring some guns too.”

The captain wants to fish with his friends.

I prepare the boat. I put food and guns on the ship. But the captain’s friends don’t want to fish.

Then, the captain tells me, “Prepare the boat for usual fishing for the next day.”

This is my chance. I can run away. A lot of food and guns are on the boat. I prepare the boat for fishing. But I leave the food and guns on the boat. Tomorrow, I can run away. This is my plan.

I think about the young woman. I want to take her with me. But I don’t know how to do it. It is not possible to take her on the boat. I am sad. I don’t know what to do. I want to be free. But my heart wants to be with her.

It is the morning. I meet the young woman in the house. She is so beautiful.

I look at her. She knows that something is different. Maybe she understands that this is our last moment together. She looks in my eyes. She touches my hand. I think that she understands.

Her face is sad. My face is sad too. She smiles at me. Then, she goes away. This is our last moment together.

CHAPTER 4 – LION

One hour later, we are ready. I and the boy go to the boat. One man goes with us. He is our boss for today.

Soon, we are far from the land. But we can’t catch fish. Then, we go very far from the land. Our boss thinks that we can catch fish there.