Before You Read: Target Vocabulary
Essential words to understand this chapter easily.
mutiny
/ˈmjuːtəni/an occasion when sailors or soldiers rebel and take control from their captain or leader
boom
/buːm/a long horizontal pole attached to the bottom of a sail on a ship
slumped
/slʌmpt/sitting or leaning heavily and weakly against something due to exhaustion or injury
bulwarks
/ˈbʊlwəks/the side walls of a ship rising above the level of the deck
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I had barely climbed onto the bowsprit when the sail suddenly filled with wind, making a noise like a gunshot. The ship shook to its bottom, and the sudden movement almost threw me into the sea. I lost no time, crawled quickly along the wooden spar, and tumbled headfirst onto the deck. I was at the front of the ship, and the large mainsail hid the back deck from my view. Not a living soul was in sight. The wooden planks had not been washed since the mutiny began, and they were covered with dirty footprints. An empty, broken bottle...
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