The men in the boat tried hard to reach us, but the wind was very strong . Every time they tried to come to t he side of our ship, the waves moved them away. Finally, we all managed to jump onto the boat, but t he other ship was to o far away to reach now. I was very frightened, but our captain said to t he men who’d come to save us, ‘We have to try to get to land. Row to the nearest beach and I’ ll pay your captain for his boat.’