The Chapter "Apprentices"

The children play with Brent's tools and try his harmonica, until he gives each one five nails and puts them in line. Each takes a turn hammering the nails into wood. During the day he works, and at night he plays his harmonica and works with the star guide. The children don't return the next day, but four do the day after. One boy teaches him about shells, and he lets him drill holes in a strip of plywood. He completes the whirligig that afternoon. The wind to test it comes from the children's lungs, for there is no breeze. He has staggered the rise and fall of the instruments to give them a more exciting rhythm. He fastens it to the metal framework. He tells the children it is for them. They think it will get torn apart in the next hurricane. The boy who drilled holes in the wood strip nails it to the table and blows on the wood. Brent watches him. He will not worry. After the storm, new whirligigs will appear.