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THE BLUE FEATHER
Viviana asked Moka, and he agreed to go and would bring
Eegh also. After packing up what was left in the camp, both
sailboats were soon headed around the island.
“We secured that noisy little Gigantoraptor with a rope
around his scrawny neck, and put him in a small wooden cage.
First, we fed him two small fish. That was only two bites for him.
Then we put a cotton cover over his cage. He went to sleep right
away after that,” said Jonathan.
“I hope we don’t have too many more that hatch before we
get to Mahú Island,” Ronú said. “Live ones cause a lot of
problems.”
“We have put out fishing lines to catch some fish, just in case
we have more baby Raptors to feed,” Kuó said.
“I’ve caught one!” Lena shouted from the port side of the
boat, “Come help me Jonathan!” Jonathan rushed over to help
her fight down the big fish, and finally reel it into the boat. The
fish turned out to be a nice-sized Marlin. This was the same kind
of fish that Tital has said was his favorite.
“Looks like we are going to eat well tonight,” Lena said,
smiling over her nice catch, now being brought on deck by
Jonathan and Ronú.
Bardala worked the tiller, and Tital checked the mainsail.
Working together, they were keeping the sailboat cutting
through the waves at a fast clip. Moka and little Eegh took the
one job they were best suited for. They climbed the mast, and
sat on top of the mainsail using Jonathan and Viviana’s
binoculars. After an hour into the sea voyage, Moka chattered
down to Viviana that something big was in front of the boat.
Jonathan raced up to the bow and looked out, then yelled back
to Bardala, “There she blows! It’s a whale!”