A strange figure stood in front of him, dressed from head to foot in white clothing. The moonlight showed her pale, youthful face.
The blackness of eternal night encompassed me. The intense darkness oppressed and stifled me so that I struggled for breath.
Hamlet’s father, the king of Denmark, has died suddenly. But instead of grieving, his mother Gertrude has married the dead king’s brother, Claudius.
Viola survives a shipwreck, but she thinks her twin brother Sebastian has died.
‘Why bless you, Little Nell! What if I had lost you?’
‘It wouldn’t be pleasant sharing my flat with a dead body, but there was nothing else I could do.’
Running away to sea brought adventure and wealth, but then came shipwreck and a desperate struggle for survival.
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‘Send the brat home? Oh no we won’t! Her mother must have met some rich man – we can make a load of money out of this.’
Sindbad the Sailor has been to sea seven times, and his voyages have always been dangerous. He has met giant men, snakes and birds – and even the Old Man of the Sea.
‘Bah, humbug! Fools wishing me a Merry Christmas should be forced to sit on cushions stuffed with holly leaves or boiled with their own Christmas puddings.’