Captain Bird's Message to the Captains of the Sea

Four captains sat down on the porch and lighted their pipes. Widow duckett asked: Do all you lormen belong down there at the bay? When a salorman lights his pipe, he is generally willing to talk. But when he is eaten, you can't get a word out of him without thinking it necessary to ask permission for the house belonged to her. There's nothing that's happened to me and my mates that isn't true, said captain bird. A sperm whale just as mad as a fiery bull came at us head on and struck the ship at the stern with such tremendous force that his head crashed right through her timbers. And he went nearly half his length into