To my long private friend,

    It is 1:47 A.M. on a Friday morning on February third; everyone was asleep except for me. I rolled over onto my side, I had been having strange dreams about seeing a weird creature in board or ship and everything being gone. It was very awkward, since it was in black and white. I was a bit afraid I would have the same dream again if I went back to sleep. I thought I might try to wake somebody else up—normally, Lucky and I would hug and talk like a secret diary that nobody talks to, but she was with FitzRoy. I thought 'Hmm, maybe Mary Tuna—I was, after all, getting to know her much better and I even told her I was a girl, not some boy like FitzRoy thinks I am.' I think I might just wake her up and see. I then rolled onto my left side which I hardly ever did, I thought just maybe I was either homesick or I was even plain sick. After all yesterday we dropped anchor off Cape Verde Islands.
    Yesterday, on February second, we have just dropped anchor on off Cape Verde Islands. I just had my hopes up about going on shore, I really wanted to show Lucky everything! Then we weren't allowed to walk go ashore because of the sickness there at least thatıs what Mr. Robert FitzRoy said. Our conversation went a little like this:

FitzRoy:		Hello
Me:		Hi (About to get off the boat)
FitzRoy:		Hey Laddie!! You shouldn't do
Me:		Ok...
FitzRoy:		There is a sickness on this island called Cholera. It causes lot of vomiting and is usually fatal!
Me:		Wow! Ok, thanks for letting me know.
FitzRoy grins

   He soon walks away and I began to gaze out at the water admiring the sunset.
   Oh, how pretty, I thought, as we watched the sunset! Everything looked beautiful! The setting sun made the water shimmer, like a diamond, and it looked like the marble I have at home! Later, about a couple of hours passed, and now it was 8:00, and everything was black. We were all getting ready for bed. Puffing up pillows, moving around in a hammock, getting into sleeping cloths, and un-making our beds. I soon fell asleep and woke up at 10:00 when Lucky jumped up on my hammock and wanted to curl up in a ball. I hugged her and fell asleep after pulling up my blanket.
   Today, It is now 1:52 as I have been writing my story, I hope to go to sleep more, so I will end here and go to bed. I have decided not to disturb anyone and go to sleep. Well good night and sleep tight.

- Janis