43 - Time Traveler: Voyage With Columbus - Pages 74-76

It's December 24, 1492. The Santa Maria is slowly sinking! Her deck is tipping so far over, it almost touches the water. Even the rats have started to swim ashore!

Christopher Columbus gathers his men.

"It's hopeless," he says. "We can't save the ship, but we must save our supplies."

Many natives have rowed out from Hispaniola. They carry burning torches, which throw a ghostly light. The Indians say they've been told by the chief to help as much as they can.

With the aid of these people, the men begin unloading the ship. You and Scarpio work all night by the light of the torches. Little by little, the cargo is saved.

By dawn, your work is finished. Wearily, you rest on the beach with supplies stacked around you. You gaze out at the Santa Maria. The brave ship is only a shell. It lies there on the reef like a helpless whale.

During the night's work, Columbus has been pacing the beach up and down, up and down. Now he calls the crew together.

"We've taken a blow," he says. "But it's not the end of everything. I've been thinking all night; now I have a plan."

You wait, excited, for the captain's next words. What's he going to do? Will this give you the final piece of the puzzle?


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