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A Shipwrecked Sailor
               battered by the waves. In an instant I was     howl of  a dog. The cargo had

               five meters away from Rengifo and had          disappeared. The mast, growing more
               lost sight of him. But he appeared in          distinct, proved that the small ship hadn't
               another spot, still not panicking, ducking     sunk, as I had first thought. I felt calm. I
                                                              thought that one of   my mates had
               underwater to prevent the waves from
                                                              managed to reach the other life raft.
               sweeping him away. I stood up, holding
               out the oar, hoping  Rengifo could get         12 There was no reason they shouldn't

               close enough to reach it. But then I could     have reached it. The rafts weren't
               see he was tiring, losing heart. He called     provisioned- in fact, none of the life rafts
               to me again, sinking: ‘Fatso! Fatso!’          of the small ship was outfitted. But there
                                                              were six of them, apart from the rowboats
               10 I tried to row, but... it was as hopeless
                                                              and the whalers. It was reasonable to
               as the first time. I made a last try so that
                                                              believe that some of  my mates had
               Rengifo could reach the oar, but the raised
                                                              reached the other life rafts, as I had
               hand, which a few minutes earlier had
                                                              reached mine, and perhaps the destroyer
               been trying to keep the headphones from        was searching for us.

               sinking, sank forever, less than two meters
                                                              Very soon I was aware of the sun. A
               from the oar.
                                                              midday sun, hot and metallic. Stupefied,
               11 I don't know how long I stayed like that,   not fully recovered, I looked at my watch.
               balancing in the life raft, holding out the    It was noon on the dot.

               oar. I kept searching the water, hoping        13 The last time Rengifo had asked me
               that someone would surface soon. But the       the time, on the small ship, it was 11.30. I
               sea was clear and the wind, getting            had checked the time again and the

               stronger, blew against my shirt like the       disaster had not yet occurred. When I

               11. 'I made a last try.' What was the 'last try' made  absurd: _________________________________
               by Velasco? Was he successful in it?
                                                              ________________________________________
               ________________________________________
                                                              revel:____________________________________
               12. 'I kept searching the water, hoping that
                                                              ________________________________________
               someone would surface soon.' Did anyone come
               to the surface? Why?                           provision: ________________________________
               ________________________________________       ________________________________________
               ________________________________________       whaler: _________________________________
               13. Pick out the image that describes the sun.
                                                              ________________________________________
               ________________________________________
                                                              outfit:____________________________________
               ________________________________________       ________________________________________


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