Dick was a sailor on a big ship. It went to Japan and
Australia, so Dick was often on the ship for some months at a time. When he
(11) up in the morning and looked out, he only (12)
the sea, or sometimes a port. When he was twenty-three, Dick married
and bought a small (13) with a garden in his wife’s town. It
was (14) away from the sea. Then he had to go back to his
ship, and was away (15) home for two months. He went from the
port to the town by bus, and was very happy to see his wife again.