"I was just sixteen when I ran away to sea." So begins the story of Will, a young man attracted to the romance of the sea. But that romance soon gives way to the reality of the sea on board the Pandora , once her crew meets up with a slaver ship. NOTE: There are issues of race in the telling of "Ran Away to Sea", particularly anti-Black stereotypes and derogatory language. It is LibriVox's policy to record texts as written.