# notes """ Opening scene on the boat establishes birdie, always aware of her surroundings, always learning from her papa. Also needs to to introduce Lulu and Henri, Kobayashi, Tambo and his wife to be. At the end of the chapter, they land on Edisto, set up camp. Papa goes to fetch the cousins. They sail in the next day, father tells a story of some kind, a gannet dives at the boat to add some drama. they reach edisto, sam and charlie, the cousins come out from Owen twon. Tamba and tk and cuthie, he gets introduced, they set up camp, play on the dunes, find the arkhangelsk, make tar, go inland to get chicle, hunt and fish and swim. Then north to Owen town, then the storm. The death of Sam and then the family heads north again. """ # Outline ## intro - Late Spring lulu - marking the pines - description of the swamp - father character birdie - ship in the dunes, kids playing introduce cousins - father and other captain lulu - back at camp the fires and tar - night on the beach ## Morning with Birdie rising early Spring - the sea - the wind - the dunes - father doing the gestures, walking the circle, hebrew word for kingdom - starting the fires - discription of tar - sails on the horizen - unease - she's sent to get something - ring shout in the woods - introduce the slaves on the rice plantation to the south ## ???? - into summer ## ship arrives to careen Summer - anne bonnie - the carreening - party conversation around the fire that l and b overhear - masonic handshakes and symbols - making gum from the chicle plant ## ???? - End of Summer ## travel to St Augustine as a family by boat - end of fall on the beach - description of the city (savanah) - slave market - toys for l and b and h ## storm - someone dies - Other boat sinks, Samuel and Father die. Or just father ## On to St Augustine for the winter ## Sailing north again