On the sixth of September, with a very calm sea, he waited till the high tide had almost reached his boat then, using his most savage strength, he just managed to push the boat into the water, climb on board, and set sail. When the boat was finished, he loaded it with cheese, biscuits, acorns, honey, wheat germ, two barrels of fresh water, a compass, a telescope, a saw, a hammer and nails and some wood in case repairs should be necessary, a needle and thread for the mending of torn sails, and various other necessities such as bandages, a yo-yo, and playing cards. He worked on it in the daytime, while at night he studied navigation. One day he started building a boat on the beach. He thought a lot about the ocean, and he wondered about the faraway places on the other side of the water. He loved to hear the surf sounds- the bursting breakers, the back washes with rolling pebbles.
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