Hindbad had just gotten home from listening to Sindbad the Sailor's
first voyage, and boy, was he astonished at what all Sindbad had gone
through. As he lay in bed he said his nightly prayer and went
into another deep, beautiful sleep that one always longs to have.
One
thing that Hindbad was always jealous of Sindbad for was the fact that
he could never go on any of these exciting adventures; he could only go
in his dreams. As Hindbad fell into a deep sleep, he started to
dream of his first voyage with Sindbad.
They decided to take their first voyage together and, boy, was Hindbad
excited. All week long they were preparing their crew for the
voyage, for it was going to be a long and adventurous one. As
they set sail, it was a beautiful day, the winds were sharp, and the
crew was really pumped up to finally be together and finally be in
route to their first destination.
As they made their first stop,
they found a small island where they could drop anchor and everyone
could eat
their first meal of the day. They landed on the island and
unloaded everything that was needed to prepare for the meal. They
brought some wood off of the boat and started a fire so they could have
a warm meal, something that everyone would enjoy. As the fire
started going, a violent and abrupt sensation started coming from the
ground. Before they could even blink, all the members of the crew
were flying off of the island into the ocean. The ship was
totally destroyed. There were pieces everywhere. Under the
surface of water, Hindbad opened his eyes and
saw what looked to be massive legs and claws. He thought to
himself, “This can’t be a creature. We were on an
island.” He swam around the object to investigate more of what he
thought was an island and it turned out to be a massive saltwater
crocodile. It was so big that it couldn’t swim, or hardly
move. All it could do was kick so rapidly and aggressively that
if
someone happened to be on the crocodile's back, they would be flung out
deep into the ocean. As Hindbad swam back up to the surface he
tried
to find Sindbad. He was
nowhere to be found. There were several bodies of the crew
floating
around the top of the surface, but Hindbad did not see Sindbad among
the dead.
Hindbad knew that Sindbad was tough and that if he could live after
that violent kick by the crocodile, then Sindbad definitely
could. So Hindbad found a piece of wood from the wrecked ship
and let the current of the deep sea take him wherever it would.
After several hours of floating, and facing the dangers of the sea,
Hindbad landed upon an island. Luckily for him, this island
wasn’t a crocodile and it wasn’t deserted. He got to
shore and saw horses and what looked to be a little town on top of
the cliffs. He took the horse up to the town, and got acquainted
with the villagers. He told them all about his story and found
several merchants who were sailing to Baghdad. Right as the ship
got back into the port in Baghdad, Hindbad woke up from this
exhilarating dream. He looked around the dark room making sure he
wasn’t wet, or beaten up by the crocodile. He knew he was
fine and went back to sleep, looking forward to the next day and
listening to another one of Sindbad’s voyages.
Author's
Note:
This story
is basically like Sindbad’s first voyage, but it is Hindbad
experiencing it rather than Sindbad, and it is experienced through a
dream. There were a few things that I did differently in this
story. In the original story, Sindbad and the sailors land on the
back of a whale, not a crocodile. I have an interest in
crocodiles, and I thought that
it would be fun to put a massive saltwater crocodile in my story.
For the most part, a lot of the details were pretty much the
same. The first voyage goes into detail about Sindbad being a
merchant making money when he came back to Baghdad after his trip to
the island. Since Hindbad isn’t the brightest person, and
doesn’t have money like Sindbad, I decided to just keep it to
him getting to the island, meeting with the townspeople and the other
merchants, and then getting back home where he belonged. I think
I set up the next story pretty well.
Coverpage
Introduction
Second Dream - Killer Bees
Third Dream - Old Man
Bibliography: Story: Voyages of Sindbad
Author: Andrew Lang
Year Published: 1898
Website: First
Voyage
Image Information: Saltwater
Crocodile
2000 By Image Quest
Photo By Scott Tuason