The White Sail
by Rolli
There is a dry island in the Red Sea called Kamaran. It is a desert place. The only tree that grows there is the mangrove, which bears no fruit.
When Jepu and Farrar were only boys, their father brought them to Kamaran on a sailboat.
“You will wait here,” he told them, “till I return.”
“Where are you going?” asked Farrar, the older brother.
“To fight the terrible men,” his father answered.
“What will we do?” whimpered Jepu, the younger brother.
“Watch,” said his father, “for the white sail.” For his boat had a great, white sail. Then he hugged his sons, and sailed away.
There is a hill on Kamaran that is as white as salt, so dry is the soil. Because it is the highest point on Kamaran, it is the best place for watching the sea. As the sun sank down, the brothers climbed up this hill, and looked out onto the water. The sky turned golden-orange, then yellow-green… But there was no white sail.
A desert in the daytime, is as hot as the sun is hot, and at night, as cool as the moon. Farrar knew he and his young brother would freeze if they could not find shelter. Yet everywhere the boys looked, they saw dry sand, only, or stone. When they were too tired to search any longer, they huddled among the reeds on the edge of the water.
By the time the moon rose, the boys were half-frozen with cold. Jepu began to whimper.
“Come closer,” said a voice. But it was not Farrar who spoke. There was a mangrove tree close by, with a hole in its middle. The voice seemed to come from the hole…
About the Story
Jepu and Farrar are astonished at what they find on the island and they learn an invaluable lesson as well.
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June 04, 2012 at 9:02 pm, Myra K said:
Intriguing and sounds wonderful read aloud. Great ending, too. Loved this one.