Call it Courage
By Armstrong Sperry
In the realistic fiction book Call it Courage by Armstrong Sperry the main character Matafu is afraid of the ocean and he is trying to overcome that fear to make his father proud of him. To overcome his fear he packed food and water put it on a canoe and left with his dog. He promised himself that he would not to come back until he was not afraid of the water and to prove himself worthy to be the chief’s son. On his journey a big storm blew him to the island of the eaters of men. There his canoe broke and he had to make a new one. It took several days for it to be finished so while he waited for the canoe to finish he made a shelter, a fire, found food, and did what it took to survive. He found bones of a whale and made weapons from it. He made a spear, knife, and ax. On the day that the canoe was finished the eaters of men came back from another island. They saw Matafu and they chased him away from the island. Matafu had overcome his fear during his survival at the island. As he approached his home island Hikueru people came to the beach side to greet him. The first person to do that was his father. Matafu’s father was very proud and happy to see his son again.
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