 Wysłany: Sob 9:21, 19 Lut 2011 Temat postu: which I now preciously kept |
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| y black and red jordan heelsweek after week. Proof: he did not attack meeven when I was asleep
on the tarpaulin. Proof: I am here to tell you this story. C H A P T E R 8 2 I kept rainwater and the water I collected from the solar stills in the lockerout of Richard Parker’s sightin the three 50-litre plastic bags. I sealed them with string. Those plastic bags wouldn’t have been more precious to me had they contained goldsapphiresrubies and diamonds. I worried incessantly about them. My worst nightmare was that I would open the locker one morning and find that all three had spilled orworse stillhad split. To forestall such a tragedyI wrapped them in blankets to keep them from rubbing against the metal hull of the lifeboatand I moved them as little as possible to reduce wear and tear. But I fretted over the necks of the bags. Would the string not wear them thin? How would I seal the bags if their necks were torn? When the going was goodwhen the rain was torrentialwhen the bags had as much water as I thought they could takeI filled the bailing cupsthe two plastic bucketsthe two multi-purpose plastic containersthe three beakers and the empty cans of water (which I now preciously kept). Next I filled all the plastic vomit bagssealing them by twisting |
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