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Not long ago, in an area of the fishing port of Vigo, called
Berbs,a ten
year old boy called Perry. lived in a small house close to the
sea.
Perry's family was one of those families who lived from the sea.
Some members
used to go fishing, some sold fresh fish and others sew nets for
a living .His grandparents and his mother sold
the fish caught by Perry's father who
sailed the Bay of Vigo in a small
boat, whose name was Marisquio.
One day the father was about to go
fishing, like any other, day and said
to Perry.
The next time youll comefishing with me, I promise.
The child nodded with a big smile.
Days passed and the father did not return home, the child was
concerned and
decided to make his own search to find him.
Perry went to the port of Berbes and found a little bit
shattered small boatand decided to restore it to begin his journey.
He saved all the money he
could to afford the boat fixing in a shipyard in Vigo.
Several days later he started his
journey in search of his father,
even though he was so young he was
not afraid of anything, so he
tracked down the bay from north tosouth and from south to north
in
search of his father's boat. Despite
his effort Perry could not find his
father, so he strated to get really
worried, until one day he found a
piece of wood with the name of his
father's boat, and some other parts of the it which near the
Cies Islands.
Suddenly everything changed .He looked at the horizon and
discovered
something shining in the night. The Cies Islands were still at
some distance,
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but he could clearly see a bonfire on the sand. Behind the fire
a man in
rags, waved at him. He rowed as fast as he could towards the
beach and jumped
off the boat beafore reaching the Sand. Perry ran into the arms
of his father
an both hugged for a long while.
After that, his father told him everything about his adventure.
The tragic
moments when the wildest storm he had ever seen had broken the
boat into the
pieces Perry had found later, the strong winds, the huge storm,
the long time
he had to wait until the daylight could clear his long swim to
reach the
isles.....Perry began to make all kind of questions relating to
the adventure
and his father patiently answered each of them.
Then, it was time to return home. In the middle of that starry
night, with
their thoughts full of memories of big waves and painful cold,
they started
their way back home.
After a few moments of calm a strong wind
appeared on scene again. They had to hurry
to avoid a new and maybe even stronger
storm. Their family had to be really upset
because both had disappeared, and the
weather was bad, and may sailors had lost
their lives in those rich but dangerous
waters.
Exhausted of rowing they saw the lights of
the city.
The closer they get to the coast the further
it looked to be , but finally they reached the
port. The news of his return spread quickly.
By the time they arrived home, dozens of
friends were waiting at the door of their
house.
