Red Sails to Capri

Red Sails to Capri
by Ann Weil
Report by Jonathan Joseph Hinrichs

Red Sails to Capri is a story about a young boy named Michelle. Michelle lived on Capri, which means goat, and is an island near Italy. Micelle was with a fisherman, named Angelo, who was mending a net, when Michelle saw a boat that was moving into the harbor. The thing that was unusual about the boat was that it had red sails.

There were three men on the sailboat. They all went to Michelle’s house because his father had an inn. Michelle had to work for them because they were guests who paid money. Michelle got to know them really good.

One of the visitor’s names was Lord Derby. Lord Derby came to Capri to find beauty. He asked Michelle to show him the most beautiful spot in Capri. Michelle showed him a beautiful area. To get there they had to travel up a lot of steps until they got to a place at the steps where they could go up a trail and then they could go to a place where it was very beautiful. And then Lord Derby started to do his painting. When he was done he showed it to Michelle and it was not of the beautiful place it was a picture of the steps. Then Michelle said it looked like a stairway up to heaven. Michelle had never thought there were that many colors and so much beauty in the stairs.

Another visitor’s name was Monsieur Jacques. He came to find adventure. One day he wanted to take Michelle on the sail boat and they sailed around the island of Capri. Then Michelle said that all of the people who lived on the island took a big loop around a cove that was on the island. The people were too afraid that their ship would sink. They anchored and had lunch but they didn’t know what the danger was in the cove.
The third visitor’s name was Herre Nordstrom. Herre Nordstrom liked to eat two eggs for breakfast. He also liked to read. Herre Nordstrom wanted to find out why it was unsafe to go to the cove. Angelo was really going to make Herre Nordstrom not go to the cove. But he just had to go to the cove. Then all five men wanted to go to the cove to find out what the danger was. Everybody in the village was afraid of the cove except the three friends and Michelle’s father, Michelle, Pietro (Pietro was his friend) and Angelo.

When they got to the cove they had to lay down to get into the cave. When they got inside it was really beautiful because there was an opening under the water that let light in so it shone up and made everything look blue. They discovered that even though everyone was afraid there was really nothing to be afraid of. It was beautiful in the Blue Grotto of Capri.