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A lighthouse  keeper's log book

The lighthouse stands like a sentinel above the dark rocks washed by the ferocious Atlantic waves a few miles west of the mainland. It is a beacon warning seamen of the dangers of the area known for numerous dramatic shipwrecks. Approaching the lighthouse when the sea is calm on a sunny summer day and climbing up the rusty ladder that leads to the first platform, is the favourite boat trip of audacious tourists. But in winter months, when the huge waves  beat against the lighthouse, only the  keepers who were off duty on the mainland for two weeks, securely tied with a rope, are hauled up to relieve the men who have been trapped in the middle of the ocean. The wind rocks the tiny vessel, a tiny speck on the sea, and covers the windows of the tower  with white foam.