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Phillip and his mother get on a boat to move to the united states, but the boat is sunk by a german U-boat
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Phillip is stranded on a life boat with a cat, an old black man, and is begining to go blind.
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Philip, The black man named Timothy, and the cat wash up on a small carribean cay.
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Timothy and philip thrive on the island by catching fish from the reef
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A Hurrican washes over the island and kills timothy.
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Phillip is finally rescued by the u.s. navy