The apple barrel
The apple barrel
The apple barrel
We sailed at the first lightenergy saving lamp of day. I was more tired than ever before,Diamond blades, but everything was so new and interest-ing I would not leave the deck.
‘let's have a song!’cried one of the men.
Long John began to sing that song I knew so well:
Fifteen men on the dead man's chest—
And the whole crew joined with him:
Yo－ho－ho and a bottle of rum!
Even at that exciting moment, I remembered the old Admi－ral Benbow#x ,and I seemed to hear the voice of old Bill, thr sea－man, singing with them. But soon the sails began to fill with wind, and the land and other ships moved past on each side. The Hispaniola had begun her voyage to Treasure Island.
I am not going to describe the voyage energy saving lampin detail. The ship was indeed a good ship ,the crew were good seamen ,and the captain knew his business well. But Mr Arrow was even worse than the captain had feared. The men did as they pleased with him ,and after a day or two at sea, he began to drink too much. Where he got the drink was a mystery, and if we asked him, he would only laugh. Then one wild, dark night with a rough sea, he disappeared and was seen no more.
‘Fallen overboard!’said the captain.‘Gentlemen, we'll do better without him.’
But we were without a first officer. Mr Trelawney had been to sea before and knew enough to be useful, and one of the men, Israel Hands, was a careful and experienced seaman who was able to help with almost anything. He was a great friend of Long John Silver.
All the crew liked and even obeyed Silver, and he was always pleased to see me in the kitchen, which he kept as clean as a new pin. He kept his parrot in cage ,in the corner.
‘ I call him Captain Flint,’he told me,‘after the famous pi－rate.’
And the parrot used to scream,‘Pieces of eight !Pieces of eight! Pieces of eight!’
The captain and Mr Trelawney still did not like energy saving lampeach other, and the squire didn't try to hide it. The captain spoke few words, but agreed that the crew were better than he'd hoprd for ,and that the ship was a fine one.
The crew seemed happy, which was not really surprising. No ship's company was ever #xso well looked after ,with plenty to eat and drink; and a barrel of apples open for any man to take one.
And it was the apple barrel that saved our lives.
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