By Stephen Crane
ReadOasis Step 3
(Part 1)

The small lifeboat bounced from wave to wave in the rough Atlantic sea. The four men in the boat could not see the sky. The waves rose too high.
The waves had white tops that pushed the open boat. Every man thought each wave would be the last. Surely, the boat would sink! The waves were huge and made it difficult to steer the boat.
Their ship sank two days before, and the four men were trying to reach land. But they could not see any land. They only sa...