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Well, it so happened 1 one morning I bought a newspaper and read the advertisement about the Antarctic expedition.
2 expedition to the South Pole with the great Sir Ernest Shackleton—this is the adventure that I 3 (dream) of. And I was ready for it. At the age of 19, I am fit and full of vigour. However, when I applied 4 join the expedition, Shackleton turned me down because he thought I was too young and wasn’t 5 (qualify). But I was so enthusiastic about the idea of going along with them that I 6 (secret)went aboard his ship, the Endurance, and hid in a small cupboard. Unfortunately, three days after we set off I 7 (discover). Shackleton did not want to turn back so he offered me a job, but only after he promised me, “If anyone has to be eaten, then you will be the first!” He assigned me 8 (be) a steward, and I now serve 9 (meal) for twenty-eight men, three times a day.
How everyone will envy me 10 I come back and tell them about the amazing places I have been to!
21 Nov 1915