Samuel wasn’t at his chores again.  I always figured I knew where he was, but never tried to track him down.  It was a nice afternoon, so I decided that I could use some air and discover if I was correct.  Sure enough, I found him far from home watching out over the ocean.  This was so much further away than the Sound side of the island, but I could tell it was special to the boy.

I came up beside him.  “The sea is beautiful today, isn’t it?”

He nodded.  “Yes, it is, Mom.”

“Are you watching for anything in particular?”

“I’m waiting for a bug to crawl over the horizon.”

“A bug?” I asked with a laugh.

He smiled.  “That’s what it looks like.  First there’s a dot.  It hangs there, sometimes appearing to float in the air over the water.  It skims along, slowly growing.  Then it resolves itself.  Before long I can tell if it’s a local fishing boat or perhaps a merchant ship heading up the coast from New York.  But sometimes it’s a whaler, and my heart sings.  Often it will head towards New Bedford, or go to round the Cape towards Salem.  But sometimes it does come towards us, heading for Town.”

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