Παρασκευή 20 Απριλίου 2012

Survive the savage sea

The Robertson family

Survive the savage sea is the true exciting  story of the Robertson family who decide to travel around the world.The family live on a farm near Leek in North Staffordshire, England. One Sunday morning the family listen to the news. There is a report about travelling round the world. They think that it is a lovely idea. So two years later they buy a boat which they call  “Lucette”. The adventure starts...
     Lucette at sunset

At first everything seems to be OK but suddenly something hits the schooner and water comes up through the floorboards. Unfortunately, Dougal sees some whales that have made holes through the boat. He advises his children to put on their lifejackets but Dougal and his wife  have no time to put their lifejackets on. He helps his son Douglas to throw the dinghy and the yellow self-inflatable raft into the sea. They put some things into the dinghy and they all climb into it. Some minutes later the boat sinks.

 On the 6th day Dougal tries to catch a fish but a shark takes his line. After 7 days in the sea the family's password is Survival. On the 8th day they cut up a female turtle and they eat its eggs and its meat. They try to make a fish spear. When Dougal tries to catch a fish, he hits the spear against the mast and breaks it. 

On the 26th day they lose the sea anchor. Perhaps  a shark has taken it. On the 29th day they realize that they have to kill in order to eat. The sea is quite calm. Dougal tries to catch a Mako shark. He puts a small flying fish on the large fish hook, holds the line and throws it down. Dougal feels a pull on the line. The shark bites and  Dougal pulls it in. The shark fights hard but in the end Dougal pulls it to the dinghy. Lyn puts the paddle into the shark’s jaw. After that, Dougal kills it with the knife and cuts off its head.

The 38th day is their last day on the raft. It has not rained much in the night. They hang up pieces of meat to dry. That afternoon  Dougal sees a ship so they start screaming. The ship sails towards them. Dougal puts his arms round Lyn and there are tears in his eyes...

              


 Mary Diakona