Chapter Three

by Ruth Stiles Gannett

　　MY FATHER FINDS THE ISLAND

　　My father hid in the hold for six days and nights. Twice he was nearlycaught when the ship stopped to take on more cargo. But at last heheard a sailor say that the next port would be Cranberry and thatthey'd be unloading the wheat there. My father knew that the sailorswould send him home if they caught him, so he looked in his knapsackand took out a rubber band and the empty grain bag with the labelsaying "Cranberry." At the last moment my father got inside the bag,knapsack and all, folded the top of the bag inside, and put the rubberband around the top. He didn't look just exactly like the other bagsbut it was the best he could do.