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A Shipwrecked Sailor
until help arrived. It was reassuring to mates were calling out. It seemed odd that
know that all around me other sailors were none of them could reach the life rafts.
in the same predicament. That was when In an instant, one of the rafts disappeared
I saw the raft. from view. I couldn't decide, I found
3 There were two life rafts about seven myself swimming towards the one I could
meters apart. They appeared unexpectedly see, which was moving farther away from
on the crest of a wave, near where my me. I swam for about three minutes. I lost
choppy: _________________________________
2. What appeared reassuring to the narrator?
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________________________________________ crate: ___________________________________
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