5 v ' I watched the ship that we had been on ] as it disappeared with. much burbling and belching. Lights flickered and went out.

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1 Life Pi he following i the tory me Pi Patel and Richard Parker the majetic Bengal tiger; we tayed it together on a lifeboat and uried 227 day hat i how long my trial lated OH 5 I watched the hip that we had been on a it diappeared with much burbling and belching Light flickered and went out I looked about for my family for urior for another lifeboat for anything 20 that might bring me hope here wa nothing When our hip unk all the people and all the zoo animal that were on board went down with it except a it turned out me and four zoo animal a zebra a hyena an orangutan and a Bengal tiger and a rat that had managed to get on board the lifeboat et D8 # i F In the firt eeral day a zebra who had had one her leg injured wa killed and eaten by the hyena he hyena later killed the orangutan who in pite her courageou attempt to defend herelf wa ubdued by the hyena attack When Richard Parker appeared from below the tarpaulin I awoke to the reality Richard Parker here wa a tiger in the lifeboat! I could hardly beliee it yet U 0 I knew I had to Richard Parker tarted growling that ery Hhntl 0Omar intant My chet became tight with fear c Depite he hyena end came oon Richard Parker maie paw landed on it houlder and hi jaw cloed on the ide the hyena neck It wa oer But when Richard Parker amber eye met 0 mine the tare wa intene cold and determined Eery hair on my body wa tanding up hrieking with fear nditwa hrieking - 1 -

2 4 Caa wa) hat wa when the rat appeared Out nowhere the crawny Hhetimer brown rat materialized on the ide bench nerou and breathle Richard Parker looked a atonihed a I wa he rat raced my way When it jumped on my head I grabbed the rat and threw it hi way Richard Parker opened hi mouth and the quealing rat diappeared into it like a baeball into a catcher mitt He eemed atified with the fering He backed i down and returned beneath the tarpaulin hu began my life on the lifeboat a trange and adenturou life with a 450-pound Bengal tiger on board At firt I thought O[ that it wa a dream but it wa not With no other choice I ubited for ome - time on the food from the emergency i a urial ration and rainwater that I had captured on the boat haring them with Richard Parker and 2 hared A the carton urial ration diminihed I tried to eat le I wa continuouly hungry I thought about food obeiely and made eery effort to catch fih One day I finally caught a big dorado It mut hae weighed a good forty pound Ala Richard Parker great head had turned my way I ened immediately that he wa going to attack me for the fih He wa eight feet away Hi mouth wa half open My time had come! But enough wa enough I had uffered o much I wa o hungry I looked Richard Parker dead in the eye I tared into hi eye wide-eyed and defiant For two perhap three econd a terrific battle mind for tatu and authority wa waged between a boy and a tiger I held my tare Richard Parker licked hi noe groaned and turned away I had won! I gaped with dibelief hortly thereafter I deliered to Richard Parker a fair chunk the fih t Uer Mpr It wa at that moment that I realized I had to tame him Of whateer long a he could remember and he wa ued to utenance coming to him without hi lifting a paw I brought him food and I brought him freh water I tamed him I remained alie day after day week after o I realized the adiii fact at that moment o ad He wa ued to playing with computer It wa me that(who) realized the fact at that moment ad It wa the fact 7 N He wa ued to computer that I realized at that moment He ued to play with computer It wa at that moment that I M[ realized the fact r if that o aµ food I caught Richard Parker took the lion hare o to peak I had Any ZI little choice in the matter Richard Parker had been a zoo animal a Do o C al 20 DO [ Computer are ued to play game C i

3 - week He did not attack me een when I wa aleep on the tarpaulin When we were lucky we were truck by a chool flying fih which Richard Parker and I caught and ate urtle were eay to catch ometime bird became our prey Once a huge hark jumped into our boat and Richard Parker fought it getting hi left paw bitten by the hark c ~ i o 0 Moc omdhegot Our boat drifted Wind and current decided where it went f 5 i o (and we were) I did not know how much time had paed We were two emaciated mammal parched and taring Richard Parker fur lot it luter and he lot a lot weight I too withered away; the moitne wa ucked out me and my bone howed plainly through my thin fleh I felt pity for Richard Parker I had o little trength that I could no longer tand I wa hungry and once again there wa no food A for water Richard Parker wa taking o much [ that I wa 0 / [ f i 5 i down to fie poonful a day I wa certain I would not lat another Hai day He i o gentle [ that eeryone like him 7 He i uch a gentle man [ that eeryone like him hen one day I potted a paing hip Richard Parker a hip! I had the pleaure houting that once Wee made it! Do you undertand Richard Parker? WE RE AED! he hip came cloer till I fired f a rocket flare but I aimed it poorly It eered f the hip ide and went traight into the Pacific where it died with a hi I blew on my whitle with all my might I g houted at the top my lung All to no aail With it engine rumbling loudly the hip churned pat u In le than twenty minute the hip became a peck on the horizon *here are o many tudent [ that I couldnt find him *M in When I turned away Richard Parker wa till looking in it direction After a few econd he turned away too and our gaze g 0 Or 03 ffr briefly met My eye expreed Lthn hurt anguih and loneline All he i wa aware wa [ that omething treful and momentou had happened omething beyond the outer limit hi undertanding He j z K - 3 -

4 I$ ir c did not ee I that it wa alation barely mied He ettled down to another nap Hi ole comment on the eent wa a cranky meow I loe you! he word burt out naturally from the bottom my heart he feeling flooded my chet ruly I do I loe you Richard to land I promie I promie! # we did not know I Parker If I didn t hae you now I don t know what I would do I would die hopelene Don t gie up Richard Parker I ll get you Not knowing [ how many day had paed we finally reached land 8 Mexico to be exact I wa o weak [ that i I barely had the trength to be happy about it he boat hied to a halt againt and I looked I ahead to ee how far I had to go he glance gae me one my lat image Richard Parker for at that precie moment he jumped oer me He landed in the water and from there he reached the beach He did not look at me He only tared fixedly at the jungle and ran dead toward it not giing me een a glance How could he abandon me o tandhedidnotgie unceremoniouly without any ort goodbye? Richard Parker companion my torment awful fierce thing I that kept me alie diappeared foreer from my life jut like that After ome hour member o my own pecie found me People did f u not beliee my tory hey aid that not a trace the tiger had been y 5 found in the area and [ that there are no tiger in the America hey zod0[ told me that if there had been a wild tiger out there the police would hae heard about it by then hey aid { that there could hae been no i tiger on board and that it wa a figment my imagination I finally gae up on the idea letting people know [ what actually had happened Richard Parker ha tayed with me I hae neer forgotten him I ir till ee him in my dream hroughout our journey it wa Richard Parker I who calmed me down It i the irony thi tory [ that the one who cared me witle to tart ite 0 with wa the ery ame kg who brought 20 DO $ me peace purpoe and een wholene It wa not a quetion him it - 4 -

5 or me but him and me We were literally and figuratiely in the ame boat We would lie or we would die together He puhed me to go on liing I hated him for it yet at the ame time I wa grateful I am grateful It i the plain truth without Richard Parker I would not be alie today to tell you my tory - 5 -

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