Cry to the Night Wind
David is thrilled when his father, a British Navy captain, decides to take him alongon an expedition up the west coast of North America. Davie's father is a good captain,but he works Davie hard on the ship. Davie is away from home and holy has 2 adultfriends on the ship. His friends are his father, and a hard worker named Grimsby. Daviescrubs the deck, and he serves food to the crew of the Langly. One day during the trip, Grimsby gets in a fight with another crew man, and hisopponent, named Walters, gets whipped by the captain for it. From that day on, Waltersholds a grudge against the Captain and Davie. As the ship sails, they anchor in a cavewhere they are soon approached by natives. They were nervous of the Natives, but theywere peaceful and were bearing gifts of gold, fruit, and beautifully woven blankets. The next day, Davie is feeling lonely. Along-side the ship he notices a baby sealdarting in and out of the water. He soon becomes friends with the seal, and it helps himdeal with his loneliness. Davie then goes in the water to swim with the seal withoutpermission from his father. He climbed down the ladder and had a great time with his newanimal friend. He spent the whole ni
The tribes from all around now came to shore, and were ready to see the power ofthe "spirit child. They speared Davie in the arm, and he was bleeding, and in pain. Hethen went to the deck, and his seal pup was down in the water. His whale-boned knife raised to jab down at Davie, but ashiny creature hit Klitu in the stomach. Heclimbed back aboard using the big chain of the anchor and was now safe for the moment. The trio had been drinking a lot, and they wereincredibly drunk. The pup heard the boy's cry, but was to weakto help Davie. He noticed his friendNootka signaling to him. Davie jumped down andplayed with the pup for awhile. Davie was sitting in his bunk at the time when Cook got knocked out. They came to the inlet, and Davie started to escape by swimming. Davie was now imprisoned for the night and awaited his fate the next day to be putagainst the killer whale in the morning. He gazed out into theinlet, but there was no sign of the seal pup.
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