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A Shipwrecked Sailor
towards the raft. I was sure he would make water as though trying to prevent the raft
it. I had heard him snoring below my from moving, trying to anchor it in place.

bunk, and I was convinced that his Rengifo, exhausted, paused a moment,
serenity was stronger than the sea. then raised his arm as he had when he
held his headphones aloft, and shouted
7 In contrast, Caraballo was struggling
again: ‘Fatso, Row over here!’
with Castillo, so that Castillo wouldn't let
go of his neck. They were less than three 9 The wind was blowing from his

meters away. I figured that if they got just direction. I yelled that I couldn't row
a little closer, I could hold out an oar for against the wind, that he should make
them to grab. But at that moment a another try, but I felt he hadn't heard me.
gigantic wave lifted the raft, and from the The crates of cargo had disappeared and

top of the huge crest I could see the mast the life raft danced from side to side,
of the small ship, heading away
from me. When I came down
again, Caraballo had

vanished, with Castillo
hanging on to his neck.
Alone, two meters away,
Rengifo was still

swimming calmly
towards the raft.

8 I don't know why I did
this absurd thing:
knowing I couldn't move
forward, I put the oar in the

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7. What kind of a man was Luis Rengifo?
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10. How did Amador and Castillo vanish?
8. What happened to Caraballo and Castillo?
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9. What was the absurd thing done by the narrator? serenity: _________________________________
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