By Stephen Crane
ReadOasis Step 3
(Part 3)

It would be difficult to describe the friendship between the men that grew on the sea. Each man felt it warmed him. They were a captain, a sailor, a cook and a reporter. And they were friends. The reporter knew that this friendship was the best experience of his life.

All obeyed the captain. He was a good leader. He always spoke in a calm, low voice.

“I wish we had a sail,” he said, “to give you two boys a chance to rest.” So they used his coat and o...