After reading the novel by J. Verne "Children of Captain Grant", I was subdued by the courage, courage, valor, purposefulness and nobility of the main characters. And it was absolutely easy for me to make a choice and name the name of my favorite hero. Of course, Robert Grant - that's who can serve as an example for any boy. This guy is almost my age. And it will be easier for me to compare myself with him. Find common character traits and conclude why, nevertheless, he attracted my attention so much.

When you first meet him in the novel, he gives the impression of a well-mannered

And a determined boy. After his sister Mary told Lady Glenarvan the story of how they were left alone and what hardships they had to endure, you also feel great respect for these heroes. Listening to his sister's story, Robert for the first time realized how much she had done for him, how much she had suffered, and finally, unable to restrain himself any longer, he rushed to his sister and hugged her tightly. "Mommy, my dear mommy! he exclaimed, deeply moved.

His behavior made me realize how kind and vulnerable he is. And what great love for his sister filled his heart. Robert was the son

Brave Scot and sailor. And he was a worthy son. Interesting adventures and wanderings, in which Robert participated, tempered his character.

He knew that after going through all the difficulties and trials, he and his friends would definitely reach the goal - they would certainly find Robert's father, Captain Grant. He learned well that courage contributes to the realization of their goal. A comrade will always save a comrade. Thieves will get what they deserve.

Justice will win, and the dream will come true. Having passed the oceans and continents, he, along with other heroes of the novel who participated in the search for his father, managed to go through a lot of adventures and overcome all difficulties, believing in the success of his work. The boundless courage of this boy is evidenced by many episodes in the novel, for example, during the earthquake in Chile. He disappears, and for several days the child is nowhere to be found. When friends, having lost all hope of finding him, are already about to set off, they suddenly see a condor, which in its powerful paws carries Robert, soaring into the sky.

In the pampas, travelers are threatened with death from thirst. Robert, together with Thalcave, Glenarvan, go in search of water and are ahead of the rest. By the river at night they are attacked by a pack of red wolves. They face imminent death. Then, Robert, jumps on the swift-footed Tauka, Thalcave's horse, and, at the risk of being torn to pieces by wolves, drags the pack away from Glenarvan and Thalcave.

He manages to avoid death. He joins Paganel's group, and in the morning meets again with the rescued Glenarvan and Talcave. How are you? So I was amazed by his courage and courage! Such adventures add courage to him. And my aspirations become bolder, stronger, fearless, more resilient.

He has all these qualities, that's why he was able to do it! And it is not surprising that Robert, like his father, becomes a brave sailor. He received many life lessons. The people who surrounded him throughout the journey passed on to him their experience and knowledge, which will surely be useful to him in life. And me and boys like me can only envy and learn from his example!

Essays on topics:

1. On June 26, 1864, the crew of the Duncan yacht, owned by Lord Edward Glenarvan, a prominent member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club and a wealthy Scottish landowner, ...
2. Once in the city of Ensk, on the banks of the river, a dead postman and a bag of letters were found. Aunt Dasha read every day...

June 26, 1864 the crew of the Duncan yacht, owned by Lord Edward Glenarvan, a prominent member of the Royal Thames Yacht Club and a wealthy Scottish landowner, catches a shark in the Irish Sea, in the stomach of which they find a bottle with a note in three languages: English, German and French . The note briefly states that during the crash of the Britannia, three were saved - Captain Grant and two sailors, that they fell on some kind of land; both latitude and longitude are indicated, but it is impossible to make out what longitude it is - the figure is blurred.

The note says that the rescued are at the thirty-seventh degree eleventh minute of the south latitude. Longitude unknown. Therefore, it is necessary to look for Captain Grant and his companions somewhere on the thirty-seventh parallel. The English Admiralty refuses to send a rescue expedition, but Lord Glenarvan and his wife decide to do everything possible to find Captain Grant. They meet the children of Harry Grant - sixteen-year-old Mary and twelve-year-old Robert. The yacht is equipped for a long voyage, in which the lord's wife, Helen Glenarvan, a very kind and courageous young woman, and the children of Captain Grant wish to take part.

Also participating in the expedition are Major McNabbs, a man of about fifty, modest, silent and good-natured, a close relative of Glenarvan; the thirty-year-old captain of the Duncan, John Mangles, cousin of Glenarvan, a man of courage, kindness and energy; mate Tom Austin, an old and trustworthy sailor, and twenty-three of the ship's crew, all Scots, like their master.

August 25 "Duncan" goes to sea from Glasgow. The next day, it turns out that there is another passenger on board. It turns out to be the secretary of the Paris Geographical Society, Frenchman Jacques Paganel. Due to his usual absent-mindedness, the day before the Duncan sailed, having mixed up the ships (for he wanted to sail to India on the Scotland steamer), he climbed into the cabin and slept there for exactly thirty-six hours in order to better endure the pitching, and did not go out on deck until second day of travel. When Paganel learns that he is sailing to South America instead of India, at first he is overcome with despair, but then, having learned about the purpose of the expedition, he decides to amend his plans and sail along with everyone.

Crossing the Atlantic Ocean and passing through the Strait of Magellan, the Duncan finds itself in the Pacific Ocean and heads to the shores of Patagonia, where, according to some assumptions - at first the note was interpreted that way - Captain Grant is languishing in captivity from the Indians.

The passengers of the Duncan - Lord Glenarvan, Major McNabbs, Paganel, Robert and three sailors - land on the west coast of Patagonia, and Helen Glenarvan and Mary, under the tutelage of John Mangles, remain on the sailing ship, which should go around the continent and wait for travelers on the east coast, at Cape Corrientes.

Glenarvan and his companions pass through the whole of Patagonia, following the thirty-seventh parallel. On this journey, incredible adventures take place with them. Robert goes missing during an earthquake in Chile. Several days of searching end badly - the child is nowhere to be found. When a small detachment, having lost all hope of finding him, is already about to set off, the travelers suddenly see a condor that carries Robert in its powerful paws and begins to soar with him into the sky.

McNabbs is about to shoot the bird when suddenly someone else's well-aimed shot is ahead of him. The wounded bird, like a parachute, on its mighty wings, lowers Robert to the ground. It turns out that this shot was fired by a native named Talcave. He becomes their guide through the plains of Argentina, and later a real friend.

In the pampas, travelers are threatened with death from thirst. Thalcave, Glenarvan, and Robert, whose horses are not yet very tired, set off in search of water and are ahead of the rest. By the river at night they are attacked by a pack of red wolves. Three travelers face imminent death. Then Robert jumps on the swift-footed Tauka, Thalcave's horse, and, at the risk of being torn to pieces by wolves, drags the pack away from Glenarvan and Thalcave. He manages to avoid death. He joins Paganel's group and in the morning meets again with Glenarvan and Talcave, who had been saved by him.

Soon after, in the lowland, the squad will have to survive the flood due to the flood of the rivers. The travelers manage to climb a sprawling walnut tree, which the brown stream could not tear out of the ground. On it they arrange a halt, even make a fire. At night, the hurricane still pulls out a tree, and on it people manage to swim to land.

Paganel comes up with the idea that the original note by Captain Grant was misinterpreted and that it was not about Patagonia, but about Australia. He convincingly convinces the others of the correctness of his conclusion, and the travelers decide to return to the ship in order to continue sailing to the coast of Australia. And so they do.

They explore, but in vain, two islands along the way - Tristan da Cunha and Amsterdam. The Duncan then approaches Cape Bernoulli, located on the Australian coast. Glenarvan disembarks. A few miles from the coast stands the farm of a certain Irishman who welcomes travelers. Lord Glenarvan tells the Irishman about what brought him to these parts, and asks if he has any information about the English three-masted ship Britannia, which was wrecked about two years ago somewhere off the western coast of Australia.

The Irishman has never heard of a sunken ship, but, to the great surprise of all those present, one of his employees, by the name of Ayrton, intervenes in the conversation. He states that if Captain Grant is still alive, he is on Australian soil. His documents and story confirm that he served as boatswain on the Britannia.

Ayrton says that he lost sight of the captain at the moment when the ship crashed on the coastal reefs. Until now, he was convinced that of the entire team of "Britain" only he survived. True, Ayrton assures that the ship crashed not off the western, but on the eastern coast of Australia, and if Captain Grant is still alive, as evidenced by the note, then he is in captivity with the natives somewhere on the east coast.

Ayrton speaks with captivating sincerity. It is difficult to doubt his words. In addition, the Irishman with whom he served vouches for him. Lord Glenarvan believes Ayrton and, on his advice, decides to cross Australia along the thirty-seventh parallel. Glenarvan, his wife, the children of Captain Grant, the major, the geographer, Captain Mangle and several sailors, gathered in a small detachment, set off on a journey led by Ayrton. "Duncan", which received some damage in the hull, is heading for Melbourne, where it is planned to carry out repairs. The yacht's crew, led by mate Tom Austin, is there to await Glenarvan's orders.

The women ride out in a cart drawn by six oxen, and the men on horseback. During the trip, travelers pass by gold mines, admire the Australian flora and fauna. At first, the journey takes place in fairly comfortable conditions, through populated areas. However, one of the horses has a broken shoe. Ayrton goes for the blacksmith, and he puts on new horseshoes with a shamrock - the sign of the Black Point cattle station.

Soon a small detachment is already on its way. Travelers witness the results of a crime committed on the Camden Bridge. All the wagons, except for the last one, collapsed into the river due to the fact that the rails were not brought together. The last carriage has been robbed, charred mutilated corpses are lying everywhere. The police are inclined to believe that this crime is the work of a gang of runaway convicts led by Ben Joyce.

Soon, Ayrton leads the detachment into the forest. Travelers are forced to stop indefinitely, because in front of them is a turbulent overflowing river, which can be forded only when it returns to its normal course. Meanwhile, due to an incomprehensible disease, all the bulls and horses die, with the exception of the one that was shod with a shamrock. One evening, Major McNabbs sees some people in the shade of the trees. Without saying a word to anyone, he goes to investigate.

It turns out that these are convicts; he sneaks up on them and eavesdrops on their conversation, from which it becomes obvious that Ben Joyce and Ayrton are the same person, and his gang stayed close to him during the entire trip of the Glenarvan detachment on the mainland, focusing on the trail of the horse from the Black Point horseshoe. Returning to his friends, the major for the time being does not tell them about his discovery. Ayrton persuades Lord Glenarvan to order the "Duncan" from Melbourne to go to the east coast - there the bandits would easily take possession of the yacht.

The traitor is almost given an order addressed to the assistant captain, but then the major exposes him and Ayrton has to flee. Before fleeing, he wounds Glenarvan in the arm. After some time, the travelers decide to send another messenger to Melbourne. Instead of the wounded Glenarvan, the order is written by Paganel. One of the sailors sets off. However, Ben Joyce seriously injures the sailor, takes the letter from him and goes to Melbourne himself. His gang crosses the river on a nearby bridge and then burns it down so Glenarvan can't use it.

The detachment waits for the level of the river to drop, then builds a raft and crosses the calm river on the raft. Having reached the coast, Glenarvan realizes that Ben Joyce's gang has already taken possession of the Duncan and, having killed the team, set off on it in an unknown direction. Everyone comes to the conclusion that it is necessary to stop the search, because there is nothing left to do it, and return to Europe. However, it turns out that a ship bound for Europe may have to wait a very long time. Then the travelers decide to sail to Auckland, in New Zealand: from there flights to Europe are regular. On a fragile little ship with an eternally drunk captain and sailors, after surviving a storm during which the ship runs aground, Glenarvan and his friends still reach the shores of New Zealand.

There they are captured by cannibalistic natives who are going to kill them. However, thanks to Robert's resourcefulness, they manage to escape from captivity. After a few days of travel, they reach the east coast of New Zealand and see a pirogue near the coast, and a little further - a group of natives. Travelers sit in a pirogue, but the natives in several boats pursue them. Travelers are desperate. After what they had to endure in captivity, they prefer to die rather than surrender.

Suddenly, in the distance, Glenarvan sees "Duncan" with his own team on board, which helps him break away from his pursuers. Travelers wonder why the Duncan is off the eastern coast of New Zealand. Tom Austin shows an order written in the handwriting of an absent-minded Paganel, who, instead of writing "Australia", wrote "New Zealand". Due to Paganel's mistake, Ayrton's plans collapsed. He decided to rebel. They locked him up. Now Ayrton, against his will, is sailing on the Duncan along with those whom he wanted to deceive.

Glenarvan is trying to convince Ayrton to give the true information about the death of "Britain". The repeated requests and perseverance of Lady Glenarvan are doing their job. Ayrton agrees to tell everything he knows, and in exchange for this he asks to be landed on some uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. Glenarvan accepts his offer. It turns out that Ayrton left the Britannia before the crash. He was landed by Harry Grant in Australia for attempting to organize a mutiny.

Ayrton's story does not shed any light on the whereabouts of Captain Grant. However, Glenarvan keeps his word. The Duncan sails farther and farther, and Tabor Island is shown in the distance. It was decided to leave Ayrton on it. However, on this piece of land, lying on the thirty-seventh parallel, a miracle happens: it turns out that it was here that Captain Grant and two of his sailors found shelter. Instead, Ayrton remains on the island to be able to repent and atone for his crimes. Glenarvan promises that someday he will return for him.

And the Duncan is safely back in Scotland. Mary Grant soon becomes engaged to John Mangles, with whom, during their journey together, she had a tender feeling. Paganel marries the major's cousin. Robert, like his father, becomes a brave sailor.

The purpose of the event: To awaken interest in reading foreign literature.

• To acquaint students with the personality and work of J. Verne.
• Develop teamwork skills.
• Continue the formation of oral coherent speech, the creative abilities of children.
• Contribute to the expansion of interdisciplinary connections.

Decor:

• Movie
• Leaves with crossword puzzles
• Shark layout
• Bottle
• ship layout
• World map
• Presentation

Introduction

Hurry up kids!
It's time to start the holiday!

Summer book for a holiday
Invites all friends.

Adventure awaits you
On Reading Island.

Teacher: We invite everyone to travel on the wonderful Duncan schooner. We will make an unforgettable journey on a high-speed yacht across the seas and oceans, visit South America, Australia, New Zealand, meet literary heroes, get acquainted with the author of Jules Verne's wonderful adventure novel "Captain Grant's Children".

The game-journey takes place in the form of a competition between teams. There is a jury that includes students from our class.

The story of J. Verne (a presentation is shown, the student tells)

Jules Verne (February 8, 1828, Nantes, France - March 24, 1905, Amiens), French writer, his works greatly contributed to the formation of science fiction literature. The son of a lawyer, Verne studied law in Paris, but his love of literature prompted him to follow a different path. In 1850, Verne's play "Broken Straws" was successfully staged at the Historical Theater of A. Dumas. In 1852-54. Vern worked as a secretary to the director of the Lyric Theater, then was a stockbroker, while continuing to write comedies, librettos, and stories.

In 1863, the magazine published the first novel "Extraordinary Journeys" - "Five Weeks in a Balloon". The success of the novel inspired Verne to continue to work in this "vehicle", accompanying the romantic adventures of his characters with ever more skillful descriptions of the incredible yet carefully considered scientific marvels born of his imagination. The cycle was continued by the novels "Journey to the Center of the Earth", "From the Earth to the Moon", "20,000 Leagues Under the Sea", "The Mysterious Island", etc. In total, Verne wrote about 70 novels. In them, he predicted scientific discoveries and inventions in a wide variety of fields, including submarines, scuba gear, television, and space flight. The work of Jules Verne was imbued with the romance of science, faith in the good of progress, admiration for the power of thought. He sympathetically describes the struggle for national liberation. In Verne's novels, readers found not only an enthusiastic description of technology, travel, but also vivid and lively images of noble heroes, sympathetic eccentric heroes.

In 1892, the writer became a Knight of the Legion of Honor.

Many of Verne's novels have been successfully filmed.

Our journey has begun. But in order for the yacht to sail, it is necessary name password. Do you know the right words? I'll tell you: these are any words and expressions related to adventure.

Pieces of paper are handed out (you can use treasure, key, ship, treasure, anchor, sword, pistol, fortune, love, steering wheel)

"An identikit" (according to the description, determine which hero we are talking about)

a) Glenarvan on Captain Grant

"Is this not the brave Scot who dreamed of founding a new Scotland on one of the islands of the Pacific Ocean"

b) Lady and Lord Glenarvan

"... an abandoned orphan, and she a rich heiress. The young couple lived happily in the wonderful and wild nature of the highlands of Scotland."

c) Mary and Robert Grant

A few minutes later a young girl-boy entered the room. They were brother and sister. The resemblance was so great that there was no doubt about it. Her sister was 16. Her beautiful, slightly weary face, her eyes, apparently shedding a lot of tears, her sad, but not timid expression, her poor, but neat clothes - everything was in her favor. She held the hand of a boy of about 12 years old with a very determined expression on her face: "

d) John Mangle (skipper)

"He was an expert in his field, and although he commanded only pleasure, he was considered one of the best skippers in Glasgow. He was 30 years old. Somewhat severe features of his face breathed courage and kindness"

e) Major McNubbs

"He was a man of 50 with regular, calm features, disciplined; he was reputed to be a man of excellent even character; always ready to go wherever he was sent. His only weakness was immoderate Scottish patriotism."

f) Jacques - Eriasen - Francois - Marie - Paganel (Secretary of the Paris Geographical Society, Corresponding Member of the Geographical Societies of Berlin, Bombay ....) "This was a tall, thin man of about 40. He looked like a long nail with a wide hat. The eyes were hidden behind huge round glasses and had some kind of indefinite expression. His face was smart and cheerful. Although he had not yet uttered a word, it was clear that he was a talker and a very absent-minded person.

g) Ayrton (Ben Joyce)

“He was a man of about 45, stern in appearance, with shining eyes that sat deep under thick eyebrows. Despite his thinness, he was apparently strong. Undoubtedly, he suffered a lot, but gave the impression of a person capable of enduring suffering with them and overcome them.

The team is ready. We leave in search of Captain Grant, Look at the map.

Starting point: South America, (p. No. 66) Chile. Crossing the Cordillera.

What adventures happened to travelers along the way?

1. Team: Chile. Australia.

2. Team: Argentina. New Zealand.

What is the end of the search? (Seeing the end of the film.)

15.1 Write an essay-reasoning, revealing the meaning of the statement of the famous Russian linguist Henrietta Grigorievna Granik: "Punctuation marks make it possible to say much more than can be written in letters."

Punctuation is called the notes of the language for a reason. They show us with what intonation we need to pronounce this or that phrase. Sometimes they actually say things that would otherwise be difficult to express.

For example, Krapivin's text uses many unusual punctuation marks. They convey the emotional coloring of the narrator's train of thought. For example, sentence 25 ends with a question mark and an exclamation mark. In this way, the author makes it clear that the thought of the tent shocked the boys.

Numerous dots are also very expressive. For example, in sentences 49 and 50, the ellipses indicate Grandfather's uncertainty. On the one hand, he understood that it was necessary to try to help people in trouble, but on the other hand, he had no right to go swimming with teenagers in bad weather

Punctuation gives us a clearer idea of ​​the author's intent.

15.2. Write an essay-reasoning. Explain how you understand the meaning of sentence 38 of the text: “And there was one thing for sure: there was fire and people on the other side, and on this sailboat “Captain Grant”.

The guys and their leader were worried about the family with the kids, which they saw on the opposite bank. A fire started in the forest, and the fire could reach the place where the tent was. Of course, there was a significant chance that these people would be rescued by rescuers (this is stated in sentences 34). The guys knew that these people could not get out on their own, they were supposed to come for them only the next day.

At the same time, teenagers realized that the rescuers might simply not know about this family. They believed that, despite the danger, they should try to help these people. They were scared, but this is how they understood their duty (proposals 46,47,52).

15.3 How do you understand the meaning of the word HUMANITY? Formulate and comment on your definition. Write an essay-reasoning on the topic: “What is humanity?”, Taking the definition you gave as a thesis.

Humanity is the ability to think not only about yourself, take care of others, risk your life to save some people, sometimes completely unknown to you, or even animals.

An excerpt from a book by the famous Soviet children's writer V. Krapivin tells how humanity was shown by teenagers who set sail on a sailboat. They decided, despite the danger, to go to the aid of a family with children, which they saw on the opposite bank. The guys believed that people could be in danger, because a fire broke out in the forest.

There was a good chance that it was not really dangerous for the family to stay there, because the fire would be quickly extinguished and it would not reach them; and this family could be taken away by rescuers. But after all, all this could not have happened, and then mom, dad and their three babies would have died a terrible death in a fire. And the guys decided, at the risk of drowning or burning, to go to their aid.

In Krapivin's books, one can often find similar episodes, because this author likes to put the hero in a situation where he must make a serious, fateful decision. I am reminded of an episode from the book "Crane and Lightning". At the end of the novel, Zhurka runs home during a thunderstorm and suddenly sees that the water has washed away the road. The boy understands that the drivers of the cars will not be able to see the ravine and people will die or be maimed. And he, having sent a friend for help, remains to signal to the drivers that there is no passage, realizing that he can be killed by lightning.

Humanity is what helps to perform selfless and even heroic deeds.

Either mockery or disdain was felt in Zhenya's question. Or maybe it seemed to Cyril. But he answered angrily:

- And who came up with the idea that a person cannot be pitied? If once a person could not stand it, is it impossible to forgive him?

- But why? Can…

“And it's not just the Chirk. He also has a mother...

- I understand.

“You don’t understand anything, Zhenya,” Kirill said. Because you don't have a brother.

“It's not my fault that I don't,” she answered almost in a whisper.

- Don't be offended.

"I'm not offended," she said happily. They looked at each other and smiled at the same time.

- About Chirk - no one, - Kirill warned.

Zhenya hastily nodded several times. Then she asked:

- And how many months is your Antoshka?

- Three and a half.

- Such a nice one ... And he listens to songs like that ... Kirill, where does that song come from? Well, that "Lullaby"... It's not really a lullaby.

- So, just a song ... - Kirill said casually. And I immediately remembered that cauldron made of wind and waves and a granite wall growing before my eyes with a stupid inscription: "Hurrah, Masha, I'm yours," and Mitka-Maus, springy shrinking at the bowsprit ...

Chapter 9

Are we afraid, brothers? Sanya Matyukhin asked. He asked softly, without his usual grown-up tone.

“As if you are not afraid,” Valerka remarked.

“There is little,” Sanya agreed.

“Me too… a little,” Mitka Mouse said with a sigh.

The rest were silent.

... When the wind begins to whistle evenly and thinly in the cables of the standing rigging, this means that its strength has reached six points. Black balloons are hoisted from the masts of sports harbors, a signal that sailboats and yachts should not stick their heads into the open water. Of course, it happens to sailboats to go with such a wind, and stronger, but this is a risky business. Everything here depends on the skill of the crew and the reliability of the vessel.

Now the wind did not whistle, but howled, the cables hummed, and rows of foam rolled along the lake.

When your ship is hidden behind a reliable cape and firmly anchored, and you yourself look at the enraged lake from a granite boulder that has lain motionless on the shore for a million years and will lie for the same amount of time, the waves and wind seem fearless. Even interesting to watch. It's interesting if you know that you don't have to sail out there, in the middle, where there is nothing but whistling and rising water on end ...

However, it was possible not to leave. But the wind, dense and stuffy, brought the smell of burning from the other side, and smoke rose in a long yellowish cloud above the jagged edge of the forest. The forest was burning, and the fire, apparently, went to the lake in a wide band. He could cut roads. And on the other side, on a tiny ledge of the shore, among pines and boulders, stood a yellow tent.

The tent was not visible from here, but the guys knew that it was there. Where should she go?

In the morning, when it was not yet whistling so crazy, but a normal wind of three points was blowing, the Captain Grant was heading a steep backstay along the south coast. Went well. All sails were set, even the flying jib. A jet was seething astern, an orange flag fluttered under the gaff, and Mitka-Maus sat on the bow and sang a pirate song in a terrible voice: "Tremble, Lisbon merchants ..."

The July sun was clear, the water was blue, almost like the sea, and the forests were calm and did not smell trouble.

The first long campaign of "Captain Grant" began well. And only one thing was bad: a few days ago the inseparable Yuris had a fight. What happened to them, no one knew. They quarreled with restraint: they said “thank you” and “please” to each other if they did something together, but did not look at each other. And if there was no common cause, they immediately dispersed.

When people swear, blame each other, you can figure everything out and reconcile them. And if so, silently and calmly?

On the eve of the campaign, Grandfather could not stand it:

– Yes, what happened to you?! he yelled. - It would be better if they were torn apart! The whole soul was exhausted!

Yurka Sergienko pouted his lips, hunched his shoulders and stepped aside. Yurka Knopov looked sullenly at Grandfather and asked in a whisper:

How are we going to fight?

“I won’t take it on a hike,” Grandfather said in his hearts.

Are we doing something wrong? Yurka Knopov asked in a whisper, as before. Here, too, out of habit, he said not "I", but "we". Grandpa spat. And a little later he said to Cyril:

- To hell with them. Maybe they'll get better along the way.

Cyril nodded...

Now, when they were walking along the coast, Yurki worked on the lee sheets of the staysail and jib. They worked well - the sails, filled with wind, stood still and did not tremble, although the wind was not very even. Yurki sat side by side, but, as before, there was silence between them.

Cyril stood at the helm, looked at them and thought that apparently very strong friends were quarreling like that. They continue to love each other, they suffer, but they cannot forgive each other for something ... But they are still happy. All people are happy who have such friendship. After all, the Yuris did not quarrel forever! It can't be forever...

To the right was open water, to the left, close to the shore. A loud cry came from the shore:

- Dad, look, an old ship!

Kirill looked to the left and saw a yellow tent among the pines. It wasn't tight enough yet. At the tent stood five and looked at the sailboat. A young man and woman and three children: a boy as tall as Mitka, a slightly smaller girl, and a toddler about a year and a half old.

The boy, it seems, shouted - such a funny kid in a long, like a dress, vest, belted with a navy belt. Apparently, he was a sailor in soul and body, and at the appearance of a white-sailed miracle, he caught fire with joy and admiration.

All five waved at Captain Grant, and the crew waved back. The man grabbed a movie camera from a boulder and, without tucking his trousers, jumped into the water, went towards the sailboat to take a closer look.