Karen Kilgariff

Except for the copy I had because it was from like 1979 because it was when I was a child. There was an illustration of James at the beginning that is the saddest picture of any child ever. I tweeted it one time.

Except for the copy I had because it was from like 1979 because it was when I was a child. There was an illustration of James at the beginning that is the saddest picture of any child ever. I tweeted it one time.

It's so sad.

It's so sad.

Because that was my favorite book. Yes, because Rod Dahl liked to plant those pretty early and often. He did. Just be prepared to be an orphan just in case. Which I appreciate to a degree. He should have said, be prepared to be an orphan of the sea. Yeah. Because that could also happen. Tie it in. Go ahead. So I had to bring it back.

Because that was my favorite book. Yes, because Rod Dahl liked to plant those pretty early and often. He did. Just be prepared to be an orphan just in case. Which I appreciate to a degree. He should have said, be prepared to be an orphan of the sea. Yeah. Because that could also happen. Tie it in. Go ahead. So I had to bring it back.

That night when she fell asleep, she dreamed she saw her father peacefully drinking a glass of red wine and telling her, come on, we're leaving. So when she woke up on the third day, she was really sore. Her skin was burnt through her clothes. All her joints ached. She had been balancing on the edge of that raft because almost all the bottom was now gone. And she started hallucinating.

That night when she fell asleep, she dreamed she saw her father peacefully drinking a glass of red wine and telling her, come on, we're leaving. So when she woke up on the third day, she was really sore. Her skin was burnt through her clothes. All her joints ached. She had been balancing on the edge of that raft because almost all the bottom was now gone. And she started hallucinating.

She would see tiny islands with one palm tree on them and then start. Paddling, paddling, paddling. And then when she'd get to them, they would disappear. Oh, my God. Sounds like a far side comic. I know. On the fourth day, she didn't wake up in the morning. She was losing consciousness. She was close to death. And when she finally did wake up, she woke up because she felt a shadow over her.

She would see tiny islands with one palm tree on them and then start. Paddling, paddling, paddling. And then when she'd get to them, they would disappear. Oh, my God. Sounds like a far side comic. I know. On the fourth day, she didn't wake up in the morning. She was losing consciousness. She was close to death. And when she finally did wake up, she woke up because she felt a shadow over her.

And when she opened her eyes, she said she saw a huge whale hanging in the air above her. Whoa. But what it actually was, was a Greek freighter that miraculously had, someone had spotted her on this Greek freighter. And that's the person, one of the people, one of the sailors on this ship took that picture that I showed you. Holy shit. The second they saw her.

And when she opened her eyes, she said she saw a huge whale hanging in the air above her. Whoa. But what it actually was, was a Greek freighter that miraculously had, someone had spotted her on this Greek freighter. And that's the person, one of the people, one of the sailors on this ship took that picture that I showed you. Holy shit. The second they saw her.

So that was her still lost at sea, basically. Oh, and she didn't even know yet. So she, for her, the experience for her was a whale was hanging over her and then she was being lifted in the air. Oh. And then she was in big, strong arms. And then she was asleep. And the next thing she knew, she woke up and she was at the hospital in Florida. Big, strong arms. Big, strong arms. And a whale.

So that was her still lost at sea, basically. Oh, and she didn't even know yet. So she, for her, the experience for her was a whale was hanging over her and then she was being lifted in the air. Oh. And then she was in big, strong arms. And then she was asleep. And the next thing she knew, she woke up and she was at the hospital in Florida. Big, strong arms. Big, strong arms. And a whale.

And Greek arms. So they'd have that real good hair. Yeah. Real good wrist. Shiny.

And Greek arms. So they'd have that real good hair. Yeah. Real good wrist. Shiny.

All right. So she got helicoptered to the hospital in Miami. She was treated for dehydration and severe sunburn. In a week, she recovered with no serious injuries.

All right. So she got helicoptered to the hospital in Miami. She was treated for dehydration and severe sunburn. In a week, she recovered with no serious injuries.

But... Not so for Captain Julian Harvey. Oh, hell no. I was going to call him doctor. So Captain Harvey was rescued the next day by a lookout on an oil tanker that was headed for Puerto Rico. And when they found him, he had the dead body of Terry Jo's seven-year-old sister Renee in the life raft. What? Why? He told the Coast Guard that he had found her in the water and tried to revive her.

But... Not so for Captain Julian Harvey. Oh, hell no. I was going to call him doctor. So Captain Harvey was rescued the next day by a lookout on an oil tanker that was headed for Puerto Rico. And when they found him, he had the dead body of Terry Jo's seven-year-old sister Renee in the life raft. What? Why? He told the Coast Guard that he had found her in the water and tried to revive her.