"...He crawls out of his tent he sits on a rock and combs until the beard shines like a cormorants wing …"

“As Ulape and I ran along the cliff a whirring sound like a great bird in flight passed above our heads.”

“He was small for someone who had lived so many moons, but quick as a cricket.”

“ Ramo’s eyes were black like lizard eyes..."

"In the old days the spring would run low and no one worried."

“The wind grows strong...”

“They (dogs) soon grew as fierce as the wild ones and only came back to the village to steal food

“The sea is a flat stone without any scratches.”

“But my voice was lost in the howling wind.”

“...you would think that it (the island) looked like a fish..”

“The boat pitched so wildly, that in one breath you could see the ship and in the next breath it had gone.”

"… he threw out his chest and took a deep breath…"

“...driving rain into our faces.”

"I went back to the cove after I gave the alarm."