Essay Archive - The Mariner's Letter To Victor
The Mariner's Letter To Victor
Our voyage this winter began as well as one could have hoped. The seas were friendly and the winds were constant. We had a wonderful Christmas and a wonderful Christmas feast, but that night something happened, something that has changed my life forever. That night an albatross was perched at my window, I thought nothing of it at first, but every day he came, and every day he stayed a little longer. I befriended this albatross, we ate together and he encircled the boat while I worked. However, one day I had a surge of anger, and in my anger I shot this albatross with my crossbow. An....
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