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Captain Cook

Captain Cook. I built a ship in a vale of stones and thorny bushes it took 24 years and a bit more . from here I set sail on the dream boat to China. I met her in the blue sea off of Malaga, sailed on her to she was 71 and sought refuge in coastal water and anchorage in the bay of Mandal. Deep sea ship are so limited, they only sail from port to port and are not allowed to stray from the chart set by the man in charge; and every ship looks the same, practical and sleepless. Not once did they let me be in charge go back to your galley you mad cook, they bellowed, you´ll only collide with Dogger Bank, so I built my own ship, four decks and a bridge too far from shore to be of annoyance to no one and the locals call me captain brave heart, the man who cleared the dale of snakes.

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