The Adventure's Of Sean Lee

Chapter 3 Sea Journey

When we reached the banks of Gulf Shores, I gathered my belongings & my dingy then me & Abia went to look for a ship. We walked & saw many, some with Sails some with crow’s nest,& some with Dragon designs. But I chose this one, as you can see below I drew a little sketch of it.

I then stayed in gulf shores, After for a few months, while there Abia had moved to Greece, he was a Farmer. We kept in touch by letter. Clack, Clack, Clackety clackety clack, I wondered who was that knocking at the door, so I  jumped off of my bed then passed the parlor door, I went through the kitchen, & opened the door. It was the mail boy, It was a letter from Abia, I wondered if something were wrong, because he had just sent me a letter a week ago.

The letter said:

 “ Dear Seanathon Lee,

I need your help, with some farming I will pay,

My address is :

1319 Greece St.  --1952 Rome, Greece—Apt#679

Thanks, Your friend

Abia

So, I quickly wrote a letter, telling him I was on my way, after doing so, I gathered all of my belongings, cartload after cartload, on to my ship, it took me a week to load my stuff & prepare completely, but I did, then it was time to set sail.

The first couple of days, I just relaxed, until I knew we were far out into the ocean, then I began sending a weather balloon out everyday, & writing where we were on the map.

I sailed for months & months, after about 6 months I started to run out of food, then all of a sudden a storm blew up, it took me off course & still kept going on, the wind blew the ship sideways out of the water, the bottom tore to pieces, caused from landing on a huge rock. I crept up deck to see what was going on but the wind was powerful, so I decided to sleep in the ship for the night.

The Adventure's Of Sean Lee

Chapter 2 Free To Leave

Months passed,  but then one day I knew this was the day that I was to escape, because the captain had a friend over, & he was going fishing, so that meant I would go along to help him. I got the dingy ready, I even managed to sneak my clothing on there too.

When we got  out  about a mile I said we could start fishing, because the fish were probably biting by now, the man, named Douglas G. Washington, immediately started fishing, while the other slave no bigger than 6 years old was not watching, neither was No name the slave about 30 yrs old so I shoved  Master George off, then Grabbed the musket. I pointed it at Master George & told him to swim to shore so he swam away. I turned and ask the little boy if he would sail with me or betray me & he said he would not, then I turned to the other slave bigger than I & asked the same of him, & he too said he would not.

We Sailed for days, & days, before seeing another ship. Finally we saw one, & we shouted & shouted, someone heard us because they sent a dingy out to get us, we tied our dingy to there’s & shouted ready. It seemed to take forever for them to pull us in.

When we were on the ship the captain gave us a little money for some of our goods, on the dingy. At supper we ate & discussed what we were going to do. I decided to ride with him until the next stop, then I will buy a ship & sail, The slave older than I decided to stay with him, & the one younger than I, whose name was Abia Agwe Methiodos, which means “Great Water Traveler,” decided to stay with me.

The Adventure's Of Sean Lee

Chapter 1 Running Gone Bad

All Men On Deck!! Shouted the captain I realized it wasn’t morning yet so I figured something must be wrong, I quickly Pulled on My Brown Pants, My white’ n ’blue  sailor shirt, & my Boots. Then I Ran Up The cellar stairs went through the kitchen, & up another set of stairs to the deck. When I reached the top I could see what was wrong, our ship was being attacked by pirates.

I went back to my room quickly gathered as much as I could of my belongings, then ran to the kitchen & borrowed a few apples & bread, then I quickly but quietly ran up the stairs & snuck to the dingy. About the time I was in & loaded a pirate boy was running after me, but I just kept on loading up,& then a terrible pain on my head, & another & another-

Suddenly, I was in a cellar room of a pirate ship I lay there rubbing my head, where I figured the pirate boy had knocked me unconscious, when I wasn’t looking. I just lay there & thought about how if I wouldn’t have ran away, I wouldn’t have a knot on my head, but what is done, is done.

Weeks & weeks passed by, I had saw no life except for the food, until one day someone knocked on my cellar door hard, “Bang, Bang, Bang!!!”  I was very surprised when finally I heard a voice say one minute sir, I found the key. My  door flung open & to my surprise it was a young man about 6’ feet 4in. & about 19, 20 yrs old. “Hello, what do you need” I said, not thinking, the man replied saying“, nothing from you, except for good work, so I knew I was to be a slave, & not killed.