Her bow digging into the deep green of the Atlantic, she shuddered briefly, and began again to climb. On deck, half the crew settled in for its watch while the other half made its way below for a few hours’ sleep. Two days had passed since the disastrous eruption of The Sleeping Giant and the destruction of San Sebastian. Already at sea when the volcano blew, Slurry had circumnavigated the island and begun a frantic search for his friends. At first light, when he finally spotted the tiny overladen craft, he actually wept with relief. Exhausted and fearful of being taken by relief ships that would surely come to investigate the source of the enormous cloud that drifted downwind, they had lingered only to pick up two more boat loads of survivors and, luckily, a cow that had stayed alive long enough to be brought aboard and slaughtered. Their decision to leave the area immediately saved their lives. Less than an hour after the island fell below the horizon, the volcano erupted for one final time and San Sebastian disappeared from the face of the earth.
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