“Bobby! Get below deck!” His father yelled.
Bobby came out of his daze watching the weather turn into a storm and ran to the steps that led below deck of the old boat. Below there were portholes where he could see the water splash against them. The boat thrashed back and forth like a toy. He was scared but over the years he has been through similiar situations. But it seemed different. He went to a locker and pulled out a life jacket and put it on for safety. Then he thought about his father out there without a jacket, so he grabbed one and ran up the stairs to nd his dad.
All he could hear was the men yelling back and forth and pulling ropes and tying things down to the boat. He nally found his father tying things down on the port (left) side and ran towards him. With the sound of the angry ocean and wind it was hard to hear anything! The visibility was very low. As he ran towards his dad a wave tipped the boat on the starboard side and Bobby went over the rail and into the water. After yelling for help for what seemed like hours the boat faded away and Bobby bobbed in the sea with his life jacket holding him out of the water as he rode up and down in the furious swells of the sea.
Hours went by as Bobby fell asleep from exhaustion when the sea nally calmed. He was on his own.
Lost at sea.
Bobby woke up to a bump in his side. He was unsure where he was until he was awake enough to gure it out. The weather had changed as the once bad storm had disappeared leaving a clear sky and a bright sun burning down on him. He was lucky that his hat had stayed on!
Then he felt the bump again in his side and spun around to look but saw nothing. He saw a small island not far away so he started swimming towards it.
Snickers!
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