Elijah Robinson

Good day, friend. I am Elijah Robinon, the lowest scum there can be, A Cabin Boy. Now, I suppose you want me to tell you about how I became a cabin boy. Well, when I was about nine years old, my family and I went to a Twelfth Night celebration given by a good friend of ours. When it came time to pull fortunes out of the cake, I pulled a ship's wheel. This commonly means that one will travel in the near future. I didn't beleive it until about a week later, I was with my mother at the market when I was snatched by a "spirit". A spirit, as you may know already, is an agent who is hired by a ship's captain to go out and capture young boys, and bring them on board the ship. From that ship I went to India, and I came back when I was about ten years old. From there I went to the Spanish Colonies, came back, and went up and down the Rappahannock River several times on shipping business, leaving me at about ten and a half years old and ready to see my family again. My father said I could continue being a cabin boy, so I went to England, came back to Virginia and that's where I am now. Eleven years old.

And now about my family. from oldest sibling to youngest there is Aric a sailor(29), Seth & Molly the twins (19), Hope a tom-boy (15), me-Elijah Cabin Boy (11), Amous he'll never say a peep (7) Sara likes to torment people (5). My father and mother John & Coleen, respecfully.However I must say farewel for if I'm to the ship I will get beaten.

yur humbl srevunt,

Elijah Robinson