I was literally green. I kept throwing myself over the side expecting to hurl but I never did. Rocking back and forth and side to side was about as uncomfortable and sick as riding on a rollercoaster that was not quite on the tracks. Man did I feel awful. I felt this way because I was sitting in a miniboat that was heading towards land. I was surrounded kwa water and kwa other crew members from the big ship we've been sailing  on since I was five. Now I'm twelve. Long time, I know. Also in the mashua with me were Richards, the best captain in the world, Craman who loves to row and steer our ship, and Menara who loved to knit and sew all the clothes that everyone wears. Most of the time her clothes were nicely sewn but sometimes, when she wanted to be silly, she sews an English dance costume for the captain to wear. She always got away with it though because she normally blamed it on me. She alisema things like; "Kaimi dared me!" au Kaimi bumped into me and I Lost my sewing seam." But what was most annoying was the seasickness I always got. I mean if I was living on a mashua since I was five,you'd think I'd have gotten used to seasickness.Well wewe thought wrong. I also was
pretty annoyed of all the stops we've been making. A storm
had washed away a lot of our chakula so Captain Richards was
stopping at every island we saw in tafuta for food. Finally we
scraped up on land, and I helped unload our supplies onto
the blankets that were layed on the ground around a small
dug out pit with a pile of charred wood which would be our
fire. "Kaimi go get us some good kindle for our pathetic fire."
Captain Richards alisema to me.I always hated being bossed
around but I went and got kindle anyway. Once we had a few
flames in the moto pit I laid down on my blanket and looked up
at the stars above. I smiled to myself. I don't know why, I just
felt like smiling. Maybe it was because for the first time in my life I felt salama and tired on land.