This is when Sebastian is frightened by the ship’s cat called Mouser and causes so much noise the captain (Will’s dad) comes to see what is happening . . . . .What fun! If you enjoy this extract, why not buy a copy of the book from your favorite online bookseller?
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Will was behind the man and pushed past him into the cabin. “Oh Dad, I am sorry, it looks like Mouser was in the cabin when I left and has taken a fancy to my friend Sebastian”.
Will grabbed Mouser and held him tightly in his arms. “Calm down Mouser” said Will, “your job is catching mice, not sparrows. Leave him alone or you will be out of a job and will get very hungry!”
“Will, I think you have some explaining to do” said the tall man. “Yes, I do Dad, please meet Sebastian, he and I are good friends. We met by our pond in the garden and he loves adventures, so I invited him onto the ship. Sorry Dad, I should have asked you for your permission first.”
Will looked downcast and said to Sebastian, “Sebastian, this is my father, he is the captain of this cargo ship and his name is Captain Jack”. After such excitement Sebastian was exhausted and flopped down onto the bunkbed.
He looked up at the tall man and chirped “a pleasure to meet you Captain Jack, sorry we met this way. Please don’t be cross with Will as he was just trying to introduce me to new adventures. He is such a good friend to me”.
“Well, well, well” said Captain Jack “what a polite little sparrow. You can stay on my cargo ship but must keep out of the way of the crew and the work they need to do. We will all be very busy. Will, you can take Sebastian up on deck to look around when we are well out of the harbour so that neither of you get in the way. He must stay close to you, preferably on your shoulder when on deck and when you go ashore. Now I need to get on with my work. See you later Sebastian.”