Dear Diary
Day 28

I woke up feeling stiff and sore. Fortunately, I was not feeling seasick. I also realized that the beats engine had stopped. Then a smuggler, with 3 sailors surrounding him, shouted that there had been a mistake in the price of the boat ticket to go to Australia and demanded that we had to pay another hundred dollars. Many people started crying and yelling on hearing that. The sailors demanded us to pay if not they would turn back the boat. A sailor with my bread bucket was moving down the boat snatching whatever valuables off the people and raising teir clubs at anyone who had nothing to give. It was my turn to put something into the bucket. I dropped 2 loaves of bread into it but they were soon flung out into the sea by him. Just then Rashida took out a watch that belonged to her Dad from her suitcase and gave it to the sailor. She told him that the watch was from the four of us. I was very grateful to Rashida for doing that. We all hoped the sailors had enough. To our delight, the boat started moving again.

Day 29

Bibi asked me how long we had been on the boat. I replied by saying five as I know that the food and water on the boat had run out. Immediately, Rashida corrected me by saying it had been 6 days. The food and water on the boat had run out. I told Bibi to rest and forget about wondering what day it was. But she said that it was her birthday on that day. I apologized to her for forgetting her birthday. I was extremely disappointed with myself for forgetting it. All of us wished her. Then I told the 3 of them about the supermarkets. Rashida said that she was born in Australia. We were shocked on hearing that. She shared with us that her uncles had died in the war.