167 – Boating (1)
That day, during the time spent at the cottage, Chester and Monia decided to practice going around the surrounding waters on a raft they had made in advance.
There are three passengers on board. Chester, Monia, Rex, and Ant. In addition, stones are placed on the raft to add weight to food and survival tools in case they will travel around on a boat for a long time. The weight was adjusted by feel.
In fact, I wanted to make something that felt like a warehouse to put things in the middle of a raft, but it was impossible to do such a high level with the two people’s boat-making skills. You have to compromise moderately.
“Okay, are you ready?”
Chester asks a question while looking at Monia, Rex, and Ant, who are looking at themselves while on the raft in advance near the rock where the rope connecting the raft is tied.
“Oh, oh oh… … .”
Embarrassed by the raft bobbing along the waves, Monia caught her balance for a moment, spread her arms, and stood up from her seat.
“I’m ready!”
“great!”
Chester untied the rope, threw it over the raft, and jumped off the spot and fell toward the raft.
“… … .”
Monia stared blankly at Chester, who jumped up for a moment.
Chester jumped up as if flying, and as so many wingless things do, he fell down and landed just behind the raft’s mast.
The raft shakes wildly, and the overflowing waves wet everything on it.
“Kyaaa!”
Screaming as she stumbled on the raft that was about to topple over, Monia looked like she was about to fall into the sea, but Chester’s hand, which pierced the pale foam created by the waves, caught her hand.
“Oops. It’s fine?”
“Yes.”
Monia trembled and clung to Chester to endure it.
“Ahhh. I almost fell.”
“It’s okay, it’s okay.”
Chester patted Monia, who was about to cry, and checked the sails on the ship. This sail was created by Chester by examining the structure of the sail while looking at the wreckage of the ship.
The structure is simple. One thick tree for the center and two sticks for the sails.
First, one thick tree and one wooden stick are tightly tied in the shape of a cross, and then the tied wooden stick and the untied wooden stick are connected by attaching a sail. Next, use untied wooden sticks and ropes to install the sails so that they can be folded and unfolded comfortably.
An additional rope is wrapped around the raft, and the rope connected to the mast is passed through the rope. If you use it and pull it moderately, it will naturally be pulled tight.
“Now, let’s try.”
Chester manipulated the rope with one hand to release the mast, and when he pulled it, the untied wooden pole was pulled down and the mast stretched taut.
The unfolded mast caught the wind.
“Aww!”
“Kyaa!”
“Kiyi!”
The raft was shaken by the wind blowing from the other side, and at the same time, a rather large wave knocked the raft from bottom to top.
The front of the raft seemed to rise abruptly, but it overturned and threw everything into the sea.
Shortly after being run over by a raft and plunging into the sea, Chester grabbed hold of the raft’s rope that touched him near him. Holding onto it, Chester, who swam along the shape of the raft, quickly climbed onto the overturned raft and grabbed another rope before he even came to his senses.
These are the ropes tied to Chester, Monia, Rex, and Ant. A rope tied to them as a safety measure so that they could be quickly pulled up to the raft at any time in case they fell into the sea.
Chester tugged at the rope and something rose out of the sea.
‘Looking at the weight, Ant-kun.’
Chester reached for the shape of the rope with his vision blurred by the seawater. Then Ant, which soars up and falls in the sky, is caught in Chester’s hand.
“Ant, stick with me!”
– Kki-ing, ki-ing.
Ant cried and clung to Chester, who immediately grabbed another rope.
When I pulled the rope, I felt a sense of resistance that was incomparable to that of Ant.
“Monia!”
Chester immediately shouted.
“Monia! It’s fine! Do not panic!”
The rope keeps swinging. Chester continued pulling on the rope, giving Monia a signal.
“Monia! it’s me! Release power from your body! I’ll pull you!”
Chester screamed at the top of his throat and pulled slowly as the rope finally calmed down. After a while, Monia rises to the surface and spits out the seawater she drank while getting on the raft and falling into the sea.
“Coke! Coke! Cuckoo! Kut! Coke!”
Chester grabbed the last piece of rope while patting Monia on the back, who was spitting out seawater over and over again. But before he could pull the rope, Rex climbed onto the raft.
“Hey! Join me! No! No! My eyes hurt!”
After examining Rex’s condition, Chester reflected on his mistake.
‘Damn, that’s a lot harder than I thought. I know you have to think about the waves, not just the wind, but it’s hard to actually do that. How do you read waves?’
I knew the wind was coming from the front. However, I did not expect that the moment the sails were opened, strong winds and waves would blow at the same time and capsize the raft at once.
“You need practice.”
Saying so, Chester grabbed the rope and swam across the sea to the island.
After arriving on the island, Chester pulled the raft with force, tied it to the island, and let his family down.
“Are you all down?”
“Yes.”
“yes.”
After making sure the family had all disembarked, Chester overturned the overturned raft once again.
“Ah, this is the rope attached to the sail.”
Determining the type of rope by its thickness, Chester grabbed the rope from the sail and climbed a nearby tree.
Gradually raise the raft by pulling the rope from a high place. When he felt that the raft had overturned to some extent, he pulled the rope and dropped his whole body, added his own weight, and overturned the raft at once.
After hoisting the overturned raft back onto the island and tying it up, they went to the cottage to dry themselves over a bonfire.
“I did play on a raft at the top, though.”
“yes. Lakes and seas are different.”
“I knew, but now I feel it.”
While the couple lamented the failure caused by their negligence, Rex, who suffered from the seawater getting into his eyes and nose, kept throwing stones at the sea to get revenge on the sea.
Then, as if it was strange to see stones falling into the sea fondant fondant, he began to focus on the act of throwing stones.
“Rex, do you enjoy throwing stones?”
“yes! fun! great!”
“Will Dad show me something interesting?”
Chester found a flat stone and stood up next to Rex.
Then, when he threw a stone lightly, the stone Chester threw did not fall into the sea, but flew over the surface of the water.
“uh? wow!”
“Wow! Wow!”
Monia and Rex are both surprised by the mysterious sight.
When the stone bounced off the water more than 10 times and fell into the sea, Chester lamented that it wasn’t as good as it used to be.
“Dad! me too! Me too, Sipper! me too! Me too!”
“how to do?! That is amazing! Miraculous! How are you doing?!”
Eventually, on that day, Chester gave up driving practice and taught Monia and Rex how to throw water swallows.
* * *
– Aren’t you nervous?
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Late at night, the black wind, who lay down to sleep in his cave, looked at his wife’s sudden question.
– what?
– I mean Lex. They are our family, but they are not us.
– It’s my choice. And if it’s Chester, he’ll make it great.
– But, how long will they be on the island? you said too Chester always wants to get off the island.
– yes. i will leave someday
– Can Rex live well after leaving the island?
That was the anxiety of the wife of the Black Wind.
They are born on this island, live on this island, and die on this island. However, even if their children are raised by human hands, not their hands, can they live well even outside the island?
– Before that, I will stand alone.
At the words of the black wind, the wife argued once more.
– What if they go out before Rex goes on his own? Or, what if Rex would stick with them even after they became independent?
The black wind saw his wife.
– It will be fine.
– Why? why? i’m so worried Even if others give their family a child, it’s okay because that child grows up with us. But not Lex. It’s far downstairs. that we are far away
– You know every time you go see Rex, right? The child is growing up happily.
– … … .
The Black Wind’s wife nodded.
– I know he’s happy. But, I want you to be happy forever.
-Even if he is by our side, he will definitely be unhappy when that child becomes unhappy.
– … … right. There is no such thing as a happy life.
– We gave children to good families. So the child will surely have a lot of happiness.
The black wind embraced his wife, who was worried about her child, in her arms.
– Sorry. I made it hard because of my choices.
– … … no. Because I saw it and knew it. they are good people I’m sure you’ll raise my child well.
At his wife’s words, the black wind nodded and hugged her tightly.
– Should I make a second one?
Then, at his wife’s sudden words, he quietly turned around and lay down.
– Hey.
– Oh, no… … ! Too much makes me weak as a warrior!
– You’re going to be great as a dad!