Salt raced down the alley as if the devil himself was after him, instead of kindly William Shakespeare. He had to find a way to get on board the Sea Venture before she set sail. He leapt over a barrel without breaking stride. Darting between a man’s legs, he jumped onto a wobbly stack of crates. Then he vaulted onto a nearby awning. Here came Mr. Strachey with a canvas bag slung over his shoulder.
Salt pounced light as a feather onto the bag. He wiggled his way in and curled up beneath the clothes. Mr. Strachey took a quick look inside but did not seem to notice the small white cat tucked beneath his shirts. He slung the bag over his shoulder and headed for the Woolwich dock.
Salt poked his head out for one last look at London. There was poor Mr. Shakespeare, wringing his hat in despair at losing sight of Salt. The cat felt a moment of regret at leaving the kindly playwright behind. Salt was a rambling cat. He couldn’t stay cooped up in a dusty theater, when there was a New World waiting for him. Sure, the theater was fine between voyages, but Salt longed for adventure. When he heard Mr. Strachey say he was taking passage on the Sea Venture, Salt decided he would too.
The Sea Venture was traveling all the way from London to Jamestown, in the new colony called “Virginia”. Mr. Strachey told his friends in the Mermaid Pub all about his plans to journey to the New World, where he could have a fresh start. Salt knew how he felt. London was so full of cats; it was impossible to find a territory of his own. Salt would be one of the first English cats to set paw in Jamestown. He was sure he could make his mark in this new world.
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