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Name 11th Grade Reading Comprehension

THE FIRST V O YA G E O F SINBA D THE SAIL O R


Fr o m Th e Ju n i o r C l a ssi c s e d it e d b y Willi a m P a tt e n

M y f a t h e r w a s a ri c h m e r c h a n t. H e b e q u e a t h e d m e a l a r g e e st a t e , w h i c h I
w a st e d i n ri o t o us li vi n g . I q u i c kl y p e r c e i v e d t h a t I w a s m iss p e n d i n g m y ti m e ,
w h i c h is o f a ll t h i n g s t h e m o st v a l u a b l e . I r e m e m b e r e d t h e s a yi n g o f t h e g r e a t
S o l o m o n , w h i c h I h a d fr e q u e n tl y h e a r d fr o m m y f a t h e r, " A g o o d n a m e is b e tt e r
t h a n p r e c i o us o i n t m e n t;" a n d a g a i n , " W is d o m is g o o d w it h a n i n h e rit a n c e ." I
r e s o l v e d t o w a lk i n m y f a t h e r's w a ys, a n d I e n t e r e d i n t o a c o n tr a c t w it h s o m e
m e r c h a n ts, a n d e m b a rk e d w it h t h e m o n b o a r d a sh i p w e h a d fitt e d o u t i n
p a rt n e rsh i p .
W e s e t s a il, a n d st e e r e d o ur c o urs e t o w a r d t h e I n d i e s, t hr o u g h t h e P e rsi a n
G ulf. A t first I w a s tr o u b l e d w it h s e a -si c k n e ss, b u t s p e e d il y r e c o v e r e d m y h e a lt h .
I n o ur v o y a g e w e t o u c h e d a t s e v e r a l isl a n d s, w h e r e w e s o l d or e x c h a n g e d o ur
g o o d s. O n e d a y w e w e r e b e c a l m e d n e a r a s m a ll isl a n d , b u t littl e e l e v a t e d
a b o v e t h e l e v e l o f t h e w a t e r, a n d r e s e m b li n g a g r e e n m e a d o w . Th e c a p t a i n
o r d e r e d h is s a ils t o b e f url e d , a n d p e r m itt e d su c h p e rs o ns a s w e r e s o i n c li n e d t o
l a n d . W h il e w e w e r e e n j o yi n g o urs e l v e s e a ti n g a n d d ri n ki n g , a n d r e c o v e ri n g
fr o m t h e f a ti g u e o f t h e s e a , t h e isl a n d o f a su d d e n tr e m b l e d a n d sh o o k us
t e rri b l y .
Th e tr e m b li n g o f t h e isl a n d w a s n o ti c e d o n b o a r d sh i p , a n d w e w e r e c a ll e d
u p o n t o r e - e m b a rk s p e e d il y , l e st w e sh o ul d a ll b e l ost; f o r w h a t w e t o o k f o r a n
isl a n d p r o v e d t o b e t h e b a c k o f a s e a m o nst e r.
Th e n i m b l e st g o t i n t o t h e sl o o p , o t h e rs b e t o o k t h e m s e l v e s t o s w i m m i n g ; b u t a s
f o r m ys e lf, I w a s still u p o n t h e isl a n d w h e n it d is a p p e a r e d i n t o t h e s e a , a n d I h a d
o nl y ti m e t o c a t c h h o l d o f a p i e c e o f w o o d t h a t w e h a d b r o u g h t o u t o f t h e sh i p
t o m a k e a fir e . M e a n w h il e , t h e c a p t a i n , h a vi n g r e c e i v e d o n b o a r d t h o s e w h o
w e r e i n t h e sl o o p , a n d t a k e n u p s o m e o f t h o s e t h a t s w a m , r e s o l v e d t o t a k e
a d v a n t a g e o f t h e f a v o r a b l e g a l e t h a t h a d just ris e n , a n d , h o isti n g h is s a ils,
p ursu e d h is v o y a g e .
Th us w a s I e x p o s e d t o t h e m e r c y o f t h e w a v e s t h e r e st o f t h a t d a y a n d t h e
f o ll o w i n g n i g h t. By t h is ti m e I f o u n d m y str e n g t h g o n e , a n d d e s p a ir e d o f s a vi n g
m y lif e , w h e n h a p p ily a w a v e t hr e w m e o n a n isl a n d . Th e b a n k w a s h i g h a n d
ru g g e d , s o t h a t I c o ul d s c a r c e l y h a v e g o t u p h a d it n o t b e e n f o r s o m e r o o ts o f
tr e e s w h i c h I f o u n d w it h i n r e a c h . W h e n t h e su n a r o s e I w a s v e ry f e e b l e . I f o u n d
s o m e h e r b s fit t o e a t, a n d h a d t h e g o o d l u c k t o d is c o v e r a s p ri n g o f e x c e ll e n t
w a t e r. A ft e r t h is I a d v a n c e d f urt h e r i n t o t h e isl a n d , a n d a t l a st r e a c h e d a fi n e

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