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Submitted to Contest #7
Caleb hopelessly stared out of the galleon. He remembered the days he had when he went out fishing with his dad. He remembered all the new things he had learnt about fishing such as when to pull the rod. That was all over now, Caleb was being called for his turn to swab the deck. The pirate masters were very cruel; they would start whipping slaves for no reason, as if they were amused by doing such an evil deed. The poor slaves only got food and water every third day; they were treated like hell but instead they were alive for this. Slaves w...
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