A little white boy was on a freighter hit by a torpedo during WWII and found himself beached and stranded on a caribbean island with a cat and a huge, stubborn, very old black man. Their struggle for survival, the boy's adjustment to blindness, and his growing understanding and appreciation of the old man make this a memorable tale.(Storytapes)
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