Eddie could not fell asleep. He thought of
his family who will be waiting for him to come home. He missed them a lot. “I
should not be captured here. ”He mumbled. He thought about the thing
that happened to him this morning.
He was so afraid. In the darkness, Eddie
kept cried and cried. He did not know
what to do. He strongly wished to get
out of this place where hundreds of people laid down just like him, nearly
attached to each other.
Assuming long
hours have passed, when Eddie noticed that the old man next to him was awake, he asked him carefully
and quietly. “Do you know any idea where we are going?” when the old man turned
his head to Eddie’s face, Eddie was shocked. The old man had a grumpiest
face that Eddie has ever seen before. “Have no idea where we are going!” he
shouted. “We just have to work for those evil white people out there!” Eddie
still did not know what he was talking about.
Days passed, the smell of
the place even got worse and screams of hunger made Eddie frightened. Suddenly,
he heard a noise from way left to him, where was the old man was. Because the
noises seemed something terrible thing has happened, Eddie quickly closed his
eyes. “The man died.” The old said. It was a first time to Eddie to hear the death.
He could not believe it. Eddie thought that he could be the one who can be like
the dead man.
His sight was very dark. He
closed his eyes slowly. Only ocean sound was waving out the ship.
Next morning, Eddie and
other slaves got to get out of the under the ship. The sun was too bright for
Eddie to see that he barely opened his eyes. When he opened his eyes, he
saw the land. He was so happy to see it. As the ship went near the land, Eddie
saw a bunch of people who look just like him lining up. Eddie was so happy to
see them but all of their faces looked sad.
Mumbled: v. talking not
clearly – usually in the low voice
Attached: adj. connected; joined
Assuming: v. take to be the
case or to be true
Grumpiest: adj. annoyed ;
irritable
Barely: adv. hardly
