You are a paper match torn out of a matchbook and lighted on the scratchy strip.
Answer:
1.
"Their eyes glanced level"
I'm pretty sure this is referring to everyone on the boat, or a group of which includes the author himself.
2.
"The oiler and the correspondent rowed the tiny boat."
I find this funny, because whenever I go to picture it, it makes me imagine a small little tiny boat with 2 huge guys trying to stay on it at once.
3.
"The captain, hesitating in the front, after the boat had climbed a
great wave"
Their boat is super small, and their climbing a giant wave. I'm pretty sure this is irony.
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In the “Birthday Box” we learn this lesson, always be thankful for what you have because one day it could disappear. In this story Kate’s mom was very sick for a long time, she was in the hospital for quite a while. On Katie’s tenth birthday she goes to see her mom at the hospital. Katie had a big party with all the nurses and doctors. Kate received a box from her mother and she was too upset that all she got was a box to realize that her mom was using up her last heartbeats. After this event Katie was depressed for about a year, she really missed her.