Michael’s Ark

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A special stone shaped like a brick that was used to scrub wooden decks on old ships.

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Trial.

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Islands in the southern Caribbean Sea.

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The captain of the British ship Bounty. The crew mutinied and put the captain out to sea in a life boat.

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Stop your useless talk.

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Tie up the mainsail so only half of it is open.

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Rocks under the water level that the ship may hit.

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100 fathoms, or about 600 yards.

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Close the doors and portholes.

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The surface of the ground.

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An albatross is a big sea bird. A thieves cat is a big knotted whip used to punish sailors in the old days.

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Wolf-like

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That wolf really did eat meat.

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That Wolf didn’t think about the tides.

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An animal that carries things on its back.

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“Dromedaries” are one-humped camels that live in the Middle East and Africa. “Bactrian Camels” are two-humped camels that live in Central Asia

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There were no holes in the ship.

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“Can we please talk about it later?”

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On a ship, a “line’ is made out of nylon. A “rope’ is made out of wire.

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A group of trees growing in the middle of a field.

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Plants like grass that grow in swampy places.