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Seafarers Paradise

seafarers’ paradise seven men drowned when a ship sank under gigantic waves seven weeks later they appeared on the Island of Saragossa where singing shanty is forbidden but seaweed is served in 7 variations by a female ship cook, the only woman who had been welcomed as mess-maid was not proper sailors as for the dead they are soaking wet it is what keep then going, and lives in caves lit up by electric eel and blue sea stars the carpenter has added shelves. strict ranks are observed, the skippers have the biggest cave, in a smaller cave, the chief steward drink whisky from a flask that fills itself up insist he is an officer, is in conflict with everyone. since the island is timeless, no one knows or care whether it is forenoon or afternoon they listen to the cook’s bell, especially if curry is served when it is summer, they swim with dolphins.

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