Resumo de Tinkers Island - Stephen Rabley

London, November 1798

Jenny
Tinker is fourteen. She and her father, Sam, work in Covent
Garden market. They sell fruit and vegetables. The Tinkers get up
early morning and work very hard.

One day
after work Jenny sees a man. He is running and he has got a watch in his hand.

?Here ?
take this,? he says, and gives Sam the watch. Five seconds later a lot of angry
people run down the street after Sam.

?There?s
the thief! He?s got my watch ? stop him!? says an old man.

?You?re
coming with us,? two policeman say to Sam. They do not listen Jenny?s story.

Jenny does
not have a mother or any brothers and sisters. Who can she talk to? She goes to
Peter Stone?s house. Peter works in the market.

?What?s
going to happen?? asks Jenny. Peter looks sad. ?They send thieves to Australia,? he
says. Peter is right. A week later Jenny watches a big ship ? the Black Star ?
on the River Thames. One of the men on it is her father.

?How can I
help him?? thinks Jenny. Then she sees a pair of trousers and a shirt on a line
above the street. ?yes,? she says. ?That?s it?

Five
minutes later she talks to the ship?s captain.

?I want a
job,? she says. ?My name?s Ned Bell.?

?Well?why
not,? says the captain. ?OK, Ned ? you can help the cook.?

For six
weeks Jenny works very hard on the Black Star. Then one night she goes to the
captain?s room. Usually his keys are next to the bed. Tonight they are on the
table. Jenny takes them an goes down to the bottom of the ship. There she finds
her father. ?Jenny!? he says.? But how??? Ssshh ? don?t ask questions,? says
Jenny. ?Come with me.?

Fifteen
minutes later the Tinkers are in a small boat. The Black Star is behind them.
They can hear nothing but the sea and the wind. It is a beautiful night and
there is a big moon. It shines on Sam Tinker?s thin, tire face. Jenny looks at
her father.

?Oh, Dad,?
she says. ?You?re free!? Then she tells him her story. After three days Sam and
Jenny are very hungry and thirsty. Then, after five days Jenny sees a big white
bird. It is carrying some grass. ?Look Dad,? she says. ?Do you think there?s an
island near here??

Sam Tinker
stands up in the small boat. He punts one hand across his eyes. ?Yes, Jenny,
you?re right! I can see it. There is an island!!?

The island
is big and lots of tall, thick trees. First Sam and Jenny look for food and
water. They find a small river. The water is cold and clean. They drink and
drink and drink. There are coconuts on the island, too. The Tinkers know
coconuts from Covent Garden market. Sam opens
two of them and gives the first one to Jenny.

That night
Sam an Jenny sleep on the beach. The are very tired. In the morning they start
to make small house with grass and wood. They work very hard. After four days
they finish. Then Sam makers a flag with is shirt and puts it on the roof. He
and Jenny look up at the flag. ?This is ?Tinkers Island?
now,? Sam says. ?It?s our new home and we?re going to be happy here.? Sam and
Jenny are very happy for the first year. Every day they work, talk, eat and
swim . They like their new home. It is quiet and beautiful. Then one day
something happens. It is early in the morning. Jenny is fishing. Sam looking
for coconuts. He does not see a long, thick snake on the ground. He punts his
foot on the snake and it bites him. Two hours later Jenny finds her father on
the ground. He cannot walk. She pulls him along the beach to the house. After
that there is nothing she can do. Sam is very, very weak. He cannot eat or
drink. Jenny sits next to his bed for three days and nights. Then Sam opens his
eyes. ?Jenny?? he asks. ?Jenny ? is that you??

After ten
days Sam is well again, but not very strong. He sleeps a lot and Jenny does all
the work. She catches fish, finds coconuts, makes fires and cooks. Then, one
morning, she sees something. It is a ship and it is coming to the island. She
runs to the house to find her father ?Dad, Dad!? she says. ?Come and look!? Sam
walks to the door of the small house. ? Do you think it?s the Black Star?? he asks. ?I don?t know,? Jenny answers. Sam looks at the ship. He can
see three men. They are putting a boat in the water. ?I don?t like this,? he
says. ?I don?t like this at all Come on.? He stars to run and Jenny helps him.

Twenty
minutes later the three men are on Tinkers
Island. Sam and Jenny
stand behind a big tree and look at them. ?It?s OK, Dad,? says Jenny. ?They?re
not from the Black Star.? At that moment one of the men turns and says, ?Who?s
there?? He has got a gun. ?P-please don?t k-kill us,? says Jenny. The man looks
at her and his mouth opens. ?You?re English!!? he says.

That
evening one of the men says to the Tinkers, ?Our ship, the Red Rose, is going
to America.
Come with us. You can start a new life there.?

The next
day is January 1 st,
1800. Sam and Jenny are on the Red Rose. They are happy, but sad, too. The
island is very small now. ?Goodbye, Tinkers
Island,? they say.
?Goodbye. Goodbye.?

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