Mayflower - Kathryn Lasky

9TH November 1620 Mayflower 2,950 miles sailed"Land ahoy!" The call from the crow's nest cracked the dawn. Severalof us crowded along the rail. The sailors saw it first, the faintdark line against the horizon. ...within minutes, Hummy andI began to see the same.We held each other's hands so tightly and almost dared not to breathe,but minute by minute the line became firmer and began to thicken.Twas not a wisp of a dream but real. It had taken us all of65 days but finally we are here. This be the New World and it dothfill my eyes for the first time.