Chapter 19 14.Nantucket

Without a word all the way, we arrived in Nantucket safely. You can get a map and look it up to see where Nantucket is. Yes, it is far away from the mainland, just a small hill in the sea, a beach. Some people joke that Nantucketers have to grow weeds on the beach if they want to grow any weeds, because there is no grass here. Others say that they have weeds shipped from Canada; The cork used to block the hole can be bought back; people here plant a few mushrooms in front of the door to enjoy the shade in summer; they also say that a leaf of grass can be called an oasis here, and a clover can be called a grassland; You can often see small shells glued to people's chairs and tables, just like the shells glued to turtles by the sea.

All these well-intentioned ridicules are based on the fact that Nantucket is so big and barren. The first people to settle in this barren land were the red race people. There is still a legend about this. It is said that a long time ago, on the coast of New England, an eagle suddenly rushed down and took an Indian baby. The baby's parents were distraught as they watched the eagle disappear into the sea with the baby in its mouth. They did not hesitate to row their canoes to catch up. After many difficulties and dangers, they chased to this island.On the island they found a small pile of the baby's bones!

Since then, the Indian couple lived on this small island, and they would never leave their child who had turned into bones. They were the ancestors of the Nantucketers. The ancestors had such an experience, and it is not surprising that the descendants went to sea to fish and make a living from the sea. They first caught crabs and clams on the beach, pulled nets to catch fish in shallow waters, and then rowed boats to work in deep seas. Later, they built large ships and started cruising on the ocean. They drift on the sea all year round, fighting indomitably with the huge water beasts left over from the prehistoric era.

They have fought for generations, and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans have become battlefields for them to conquer the underwater giants.Oh, America draws Mexico into Texas, gives Cuba to Canada, swallows India into Great Britain as you please, two-thirds of the planet is Nantucket. The vast oceans belong to the Nantucketers!Sailors from other countries only have the right of passage at sea; merchant ships are extensions of bridges; warships are floating forts; Only the people of Nantucket live in the sea, the sea is their farm, they plow and harvest repeatedly, they take the sea as their home, and their lives and careers are all in the sea.

They inhabit the sea all the year round and feel very strange to the land. Occasionally they land on the mainland, as if they have entered another world; The group passed under him before sleeping soundly and peacefully.