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Trapped! On the Titanic
I thought being a stowaway on the Titanic would be exciting, or
fun. It has, so far, been a nightmare. What could possibly be any
worse?
Its 12 am, April 15, 1912. My best friend and I, Ben, have been
trapped in this floating city for about four days. Its hard to find
food because of that fact that everyones been notified of the
two stowaways have had shot the richest man on the boat. But
it wasnt our fault; it was his cowardice that made Ben do it. But
it feels like years ago for us. Right now seawater is rising to our
knees, and the watertight doors are locked. We have no idea
how to get out. How I wish it was only a few days ago, maybe
things wouldve had been different
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3 days earlierWe were wandering the boiler room, looking at the different
pulleys and complex machines that were in the different rooms,
when Ben said out of the blue that he was hungry. I looked at
him with as if he had gone mad.
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In the middle of the day, Ben? I said, exasperated. He nodded
as if it wasnt a big deal. I shook my head firmly. Were arent
going anywhere. Well, at least not now. Its broad daylight! Why
dont you go obsess over some of these machine thingies?
Dont you like them? Ben rolled his eyes.
Yeah, but weve seen nothing but gears and screws and the like
over and over again. Im starving. I clucked my tongue in a
motherly fashion.
Children are starving on the streets. Youre just exaggerating.
Ben harrumphed and trumped toward an open entrance. We
looked up at the doorway and saw that it was one of those
watertight doors that closed at the push of the button up at the
Captains bridge.
I wonder whats in here I mused thoughtfully, passing
through the doorway with caution. Suddenly Ben burst past by
me and ran towards all the different wheels and axels.
Look at this expert design! he exclaimed, grasping a giant
steel prism. Its state of the art, this hydraulic system. Itsefficiency isnt so bad too.
I grew tired of looking at simple machines and learning about
speed ratio from my friends babbles, so I decided to explore a
bit more.
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11 pm, April 11, 1912
We had sneaked out of the 2nd class dining parlor with an
armful of food. As we sat in the engine room and happily sifted
through the load of loaves and miniature little pies, Ben spoke
up.
You know Carson, being a stowaway isnt so bad.
I leaned against one of the boiler walls. Youre absolutely
right.