Darryl had already been up for hours. (If he told his friends back home, they’d never believe him.) He’d woken when it was still half-dark and lay there. A bird called, then was silent again. The sea hardly made a sound. He turned over, but he couldn’t go back to sleep. The flight back to Tahiti,...
His heart thumped with excitement. Tough luck for that young sailor, but now he had his chance. ‘Look lively, Boy Seaman,’ grunted PO Lucas as Russell arrived panting on deck. The cutter was ready for lowering again and he scrambled into it, pack slung over one shoulder. ‘Lower away,’ called the ...
SATURDAY, 2 JANUARY I didn’t get up until nine o’clock yesterday. Dad had already left for camp. I felt tired all day. Barry and Clarry and I sat around on their back steps, yawning at one another. Clarry’s mother called him to come and lie down while she put some wet cloths on his legs like that...