I wrote this paper about a year ago. I was supposed to write from the point of view of an object in a bible story. I wrote it for little kids to understand.

One day, in early AD, there was a little fishing boat. He was basking on the beach enjoying the lovely sun, when thirteen men approached him. He recognized some of them. One was his owner Peter, and the rest were Peter’s friends. Oh, how many day he had sailed the waters with Peter.

Now they were climbing into his slender body and sitting themselves on his smooth seats. Two men pushed him off the hot, soft sand into the cold, slimy water. He gave a great sigh of disappointment. He was hoping to have the day off from sailing. One of the men started talking. He talked on and on of a person called God and of the great wonders of him. When he finally stopped, he went to the back of the little boat and lay down. The little boat was tired too, but he kept on.

All of a sudden, the boat woke with a start. He had been sleeping for at least an hour! And in that time, a huge storm had come! All the men were still safe, but they wouldn’t be for long. Already giant waves were looming over them! He found it surprising that the man who had talked was still sleeping. As the first waves crashed, the boat spun. It took all his strength to keep them from flipping over! But wait, the men were shaking the sleeping man awake. He was standing up now. Slowly, as if he were walking through the garden on a summer day, he glided forward to the prow of the boat. He raised his hands, and shouted, “Peace!” And at that, one wave that had been about to crash over them flipped over backwards and sunk into the lake. Two seconds after that the sun came out. The storm was OVER!

All the men were astounded! How did he do that? Then the man spoke, “It is through the power of God that I have calmed the waves.” The little boat thought about what the man had said. He thought about what he had done. And from then on, he believed. There had been many believers before that little fishing boat, but he was the first believing boat.