The Big Storm Then one day, the beautiful ship was sailing across a large sea, when a storm came up. She had seen many storms before... but never one like this one. This was a mean, nasty storm. This storm came upon the beautiful ship and blew down on her. The storm blew so hard, that the beautiful ship could no longer hold her sails up. She began to bow under the strength of the powerful wind. The crew worked quickly to try to save her, but the wind was too strong. She dipped into the water - and was gone. Four of the crew went with her.