Bill and Simon were good friends. One summer they were on h . They wanted to sail around the Caribbean Sea in their boat for two weeks.

During their trip, they saw many whales. Bill and Simon were very e because they had wanted to see them very much. Unluckily, w they were watching them, the whales began to hit the side of the boat. Suddenly, w started coming in, and they realized that they were in trouble. They q jumped into the lifeboat before the boat sank (沉没), and watched it disappear at sea.

Luckily, they had enough food and water for about twenty d . They also had a fishing line and a machine which could change sea water i drinking water. These two things helped them to survive(存活) during their terrible experience.

For the next fifty days they caught about ten fish a day and a them. They saw about twenty ships, but although they waved and shouted when the ships were passing, n saw them. They were becoming weaker and weaker. Then, just as they were beginning to l hope, a fishing boat saved them.