Chapter 3

We were all trying hard, but the water kept coming in. The weather got better, but the ship was
badly damaged. Our captain kept firing guns for help. There was a ship in front of us which sent
us a small boat. The sailors on that boat risked their lives for us. We all moved onto the boat. We
couldnt think of going back to their ship. It was very far away already. We decided to try to get
to the shore instead.
Fifteen minutes later, our big ship sank. We were safe on the boat, but I was still so scared. We
were soon close to the land and we could see some people on the beach. They were waiting for us
and they were really nice to us. They helped us find rooms and gave us some money. We could go
to London or Hull. I decided to go to London.

Chapter 4

I travelled to London by land. I was thinking where I would go when I was in London. I didnt
want to go home.
When I was in London, I met a captain. He offered me to travel with him as a sailor. As I still had
some money, I chose to travel as a passenger instead. He wanted to go to Africa. I thought that I
could make some money there. The captain told me that he would carry it back to England for
me. The captain also told me about the trade in Africa. He advised me what to buy in England to
trade in Africa. Unfortunately, I only had 40.
The trip to Africa was successful and I returned to England with some gold dust. It was worth
almost 300. The captain also taught me mathematics and navigation. I now knew what every
sailor should know.
Soon, after we came back to England, my friend, the captain, died. Later, I made the same
journey with the same ship again.
This was a very unhappy journey because a Turkish ship started following us. It all started in the
morning, and in the afternoon, the pirates came very close to us. The pirates had eighteen guns
and we had only twelve. They attacked us, but we managed to push them away. Sixty of their
men came on our ship during the second attack. They started destroying everything. We pushed
them off the ship again, but they kept coming! Some of our sailors were killed and some were
badly injured. We had to stop fighting. We gave up. All of us were taken prisoners.