Herman Melville
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Ahab ⪢⪢
He had a hard face with lines on it from years of sun and wind.
An ugly white line ran down from the top of his head. Did it go down to his feet? Who or what did that to him? What fight did he lose so badly? #pillow
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captain ⪢⪢
Are you sailing with Captain Ahab?
We're sailing with him.
He's sick now.
We'll meet him later.
#prediction #pillow
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coffin ⪢⪢
Make me a coffin. I am going to die. #prediction
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die ⪢⪢
Am I going to die on the ocean?
Will I die on this trip?
Will I die before I kill the white whale?
#prediction #pillow
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He is out there in the ocean. ⪢⪢
But he is here too in my dreams, always in my dreams. He will never leave me. He is whiter than the first beautiful snow in winter, whiter than the stars in the sky on a warm summer's night.
But he brings only death.
He is Moby Dick.
#quote
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I'll ⪢⪢
Don't leave this boat or I'll throw a harpoon at you.
#pillow #bookmark
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leave ⪢⪢
What did they leave behind them when they went on the whaling ships?
#pillow
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light ⪢⪢
Captain Ahab's face lit up. He was happy.
#pillow
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Nantucket ⪢⪢
The first American whalers sailed from the town of Nantucket.
#pillow #bookmark
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off ⪢⪢
We couldn't cut the fat off four whales in one day so we had to watch them that night.
#pillow
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oil ⪢⪢
When the oil was ready, we put it into barrels.
#pillow
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on ⪢⪢
He closed his mouth on Captain Ahsb's boat and took it out of the water.
#pillow #bookmark
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onto ⪢⪢
Then they helped us onto the ship.
→ unto
#pillow
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Pequod ⪢⪢
Moby Dick's going to hit the Pequod. #prediction
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Pequod ⪢⪢
I stopped looking when I saw the Pequod. It was tall and strong. Its wood was dark from many years on the wild oceans.
#pillow
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pull ⪢⪢
The water pull the whaling boat with all the men under the water.
#pillow
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shine ⪢⪢
When he came up out of the water, his great white body shone in the morning sun. Birds followed him and flew above him. Captain Ahap's face shone too. He was a child again.
#pillow
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Starbuck ⪢⪢
Starbuck was a young man. When you saw his black clothes and sad face, you could forget that.
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Starbucks ⪢⪢
The multi-billion-dollar corporation got its name from the book, Moby Dick. The coffee chain was inspired by the name of the whaling ship's first mate Starbuck.
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they'll ⪢⪢
Then I'll die when I go home. They'll put a rope around me and kill me there.
#pillow #bookmark
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they'll ⪢⪢
They hope that they'll see our sails one day.
#pillow #bookmark
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up ⪢⪢
Our sails were up and the wind carried the boat away.
#pillow
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we're ⪢⪢
We're all whalers and many of us have sons.
#pillow
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were ⪢⪢
Were they the calls of dead sailors?
#pillow
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whaler ⪢⪢
Every whaler was excited.
#singular_plural #pillow
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