The Raft

[Narrator]
Having made a raft from wood taken from the giant mushroom forest
With rigging consisting of a mast made of two staves lashed
Together, a yard made of a third, and a sail borrowed from their
Stock of rugs, they set sail from the harbour - Port Grauben
Named after Axel's fiancee. With a north-westerly wind propelling
Them along at about three miles an hour, silvery beams of light
Reflected here and there by drops of spray, produced luminous
Points in the eddy created by the raft
Soon all land was lost to view
Five days out to sea, they witnessed a terrifying battle
Between two sea monsters. One having the snout of a porpoise, the
Head of a lizard, and teeth of a crocodile - an Ichthyosaurus
And the other, the mortal enemy of the first, a serpent with a
Turtle's shell, the Plesiosaurus