MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/0C47BF0D/Milo&Callum.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Aboard the ship</tit= le> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"place"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"time"/> <o:SmartTagType namespaceuri=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" name=3D"City"/> <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:DocumentProperties> <o:Author>4c</o:Author> <o:Template>Normal</o:Template> <o:LastAuthor>SSimmons</o:LastAuthor> <o:Revision>2</o:Revision> <o:TotalTime>4</o:TotalTime> <o:Created>2007-05-24T09:41:00Z</o:Created> <o:LastSaved>2007-05-24T09:41:00Z</o:LastSaved> <o:Pages>1</o:Pages> <o:Words>704</o:Words> <o:Characters>4015</o:Characters> <o:Lines>33</o:Lines> <o:Paragraphs>9</o:Paragraphs> <o:CharactersWithSpaces>4710</o:CharactersWithSpaces> <o:Version>10.2625</o:Version> </o:DocumentProperties> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:SpellingState>Clean</w:SpellingState> <w:GrammarState>Clean</w:GrammarState> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]><object classid=3D"clsid:38481807-CA0E-42D2-BF39-B33AF135CC4D" id=3Dieooui></objec= t> <style> st1\:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } </style> <![endif]--> <style> <!-- /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {mso-style-parent:""; margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} p.MsoBlockText, li.MsoBlockText, div.MsoBlockText {margin-top:0cm; margin-right:63.0pt; margin-bottom:0cm; margin-left:18.0pt; margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.SpellE {mso-style-name:""; mso-spl-e:yes;} span.GramE {mso-style-name:""; mso-gram-e:yes;} @page Section1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 90.0pt 72.0pt 90.0pt; mso-header-margin:36.0pt; mso-footer-margin:36.0pt; mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman";} </style> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"2050"/> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1"/> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> </head> <body lang=3DEN-US style=3D'tab-interval:36.0pt'> <div class=3DSection1> <p class=3DMsoNormal><u>A Tudor Sailing Story by Milo & <span class=3DS= pellE>Callum</span><o:p></o:p></u></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><u><o:p><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'> </s= pan></o:p></u></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><u><o:p><span style=3D'text-decoration:none'> </s= pan></o:p></u></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b>Chapter 1 - Aboard the ship<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Hi, my<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>name’s <st1:place>Milo</st1:place>, my dad wanted me to write a note of my adventures here’s my adventure with Sir Francis Drake.</p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>One day I saw my dad go to the shops, well he said he = was anyway When he </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Came back he burst throw the door like a mad cow! Unexpectedly he told me I was going on a voyage with Drake if I wanted to! = 10 minutes later I rushed with my dad to go and sign up. I was very excited because I had never been to a different country before!</p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>We got there in <span class=3DGramE>moments,</span> we= were one of the first to sign up! I was on a voyage with Drake! My dad and I wai= ted to see some more of the crew. To my surprise my best friend, <span class=3DSpellE>Callum</span> appeared out of <span class=3DGramE>nowhere !<= /span> I was soon even more excited because I </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Got to have a gun, dagger and even a sword! It took 3 = weeks to add extra parts onto the <span class=3DGramE>boat</span>. We also add ve= ry important parts such as more cannons. After we finished adding the other pa= rts we had to quarantine the ship for 1 and a half weeks. At <st1:time Hour=3D"= 17" Minute=3D"0">5 pm</st1:time> on a still Thursday evening we set sail.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The adventure began!<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><b>Chapter 2 – The first weeks<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'>As I looked back sadly at <st1:City><st1:place>Plymout= h</st1:place></st1:City> I heard Drake shout <span class=3DGramE>“ <span class=3DSpellE>oi</sp= an></span>, you<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>   </span>over there, get to = your job. You’re ship hand. I did as I was told.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><span class=3DSpellE>Callum</span> had the same job as= me. He <span class=3DGramE>showed<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span= >me</span> what to do, and how to do it. I roamed the ship freely to find my cabin. It= was terrible we had to <span class=3DGramE>sleep<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes= '>  </span>with</span> stinky George!<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'>The first week onboard was just getting better and bet= ter because I <span class=3DGramE>didn’t<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>=   </span>have</span> to do many jobs at all! The 2 <span class=3DSpellE>nd</s= pan> and 3 rd week came. It began to get worse. Very soon I realized <span class=3DGramE>I<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>had</span><sp= an style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>taken to much for granted.<o:p></o= :p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'>I had to clean the poop deck, throw the poop into the = sea and clear the rats of the ship. It was horrible<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'>One day I threw the poop but it flew the wrong way bec= ause I didn’t check for the wind and it went into the navigators face! I w= as in so much trouble that I had to do more jobs than ever! I was starting to = not like being on the ship at all.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'>Two days later I jumped into the barrel to get an apple for the bottom. I over heard Drake telling the navigator to steer us toward= s <st1:place>South America</st1:place>!<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'>A couple of weeks later a person named Doughty <span class=3DGramE>was</span> saying Drake was intending to get treasure off the Spanish. When Drake found out he was so furious that he beheaded him!!!<o:p= ></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'>I was very worried because Drake changed the name of t= he Pelican to the Golden Hinde. It was meant to be bad luck.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'>Just as things began to settle onboard I began to like= it again. Suddenly the lookout person shouted “storm ahead, storm ahead ’’<o:p></o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'>We all rushed to the side of the Pelican to have a loo= k. The storm was <span class=3DGramE>massive,</span> we were in for a rough fe= w days ahead!<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>    </span><o:p></o:p= ></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:non= e; text-autospace:none'><span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o= :p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b>Chapter 3 – The bad day<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>All that I could see was fog, clouds and lightning! I = was very sure I would be sick from the rough sea. The sail at the front kept on getting stuck and I had to carry on going onto the bow of the ship to undo = it. </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>I was absolutely right I was sick on stinky George, we= ll serves him right for always passing wind!</p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Eventually the storm died off. Suddenly the lookout pe= rson shouted “land ahoy, land ahoy”. </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>We all rushed to the side of the boat to have a look; straight away Drake said <span class=3DGramE>“ grab</span> the boats = and muster anything you can get”.</p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Apparently we weren’t stopping here. They seemed= to think we were the Spanish. They fired guns at us and made holes in all of o= ur ships, except the Golden Hinde. We sailed off as quickly as possible, what = else could happen?<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b>Chapter 4 – Good Fortune <o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoBlockText style=3D'margin:0cm;margin-bottom:.0001pt'>I was ve= ry worried because we only had one more ship left and not many crew.</p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>2 weeks had passed and everything started to settle do= wn again, then surprisingly the lookout person shouted, “<span class=3DG= ramE>land</span> ahoy, land ahoy”! Then Drake shouted “take care this time we can’t afford to lose our ship </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>But, to our surprise this man was caring and he gave u= s, goats, exotic fruits such as coconuts, he gave us water, 7 <span class=3DSp= ellE>tonnes</span> of rice and some more apples for our <span class=3DGramE>barrel<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>.</span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>Yet again we set <span class=3DGramE>sail .</span> We = were sailing for 5 weeks before we found the <span class=3DGramE>passage .</span= > We sailed as <span class=3DGramE>quick</span> as possible through the passage.= </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>I was going home!</p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><b>Chapter 5 – Back home<o:p></o:p></b></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>We sailed slowly back home. </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>It took 3 weeks to get back home. When Plymouth harbou= r came into sight I jumped up and down.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </s= pan>I ran as fast as I could to Callum and I said “we’re here we̵= 7;re here”. </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>We rushed out to have a look . When we got off the shi= p we were welcomed by the Queen. </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>When we were allowed to go I ran home as fast as my le= gs would carry me and I burst in the door to my mum.</p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal>I told my mum that Drake was a bit of a grumpy guts an= d could be a bit silly at times.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I al= so told her that he was also very demanding and I wouldn’t like to sail = with him again! </p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p> </div> </body> </html>