“Somehow the sky over the bay is frowning,” Captain Elded remarked to his young assistant standing at the tiller. - Look how everything is surrounded! “Turn home, brother,” he gave the command, and he went down to the wardroom.
- What course should we take? - the young man shouted after him.
Their home was in Truro, in Canada. And the ship was located in Cape Cod Bay, near the city of Chatham, in Massachusetts.
“Watch out for the seagulls,” answered the captain. - They will take you where you need to go.
And he disappeared into the cabin. Six hours later he woke up. They were still swimming, although it was time to land ashore long ago. The captain went out onto the deck and looked around. The tip of the Cape Cod Peninsula was barely visible on the horizon. What is this idiot helmsman doing?
- Are you in a hurry to the cemetery? - he yelled at the young assistant.
- Why? - he was surprised. - I'm heading for the seagulls. You told me so yourself.
- Oh, you redneck with a frog brain! I should have followed the Chatham gulls, not the Trurian gulls!
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru