At dawn the next day, the work continued on the shaping and fitting of the masts, as well as the hull's planks. It was going very smoothly, and only one more day would be needed to complete the wood repairs. Then they would have to repair and rig their sails. That would take another day. Elsa continued to supply the fresh water for all. It was only after work had ceased for the day, and all hands had eaten dinner, that Elsa retired to her hut to read the logbook.
She turned to the first entry written on the island:
' Log date: September 17. The remainder of the crew and passengers of the Pride of Arendelle had spent their first night on the island.
'We only have 8 crewmembers who survived the storm, along with the King and Queen. But half of the crew is sick with fever, as is the Queen. We have no medicine to combat this fever, or other means to break it. We will have to leave it to God and the ill to fight through it, in order to survive.
'The King spends all of his time attending to the Queen, and trying to help with the four ill crewmembers. He is a compassionate man, appreciated by all! It is just sad that a gentle soul like the Queen was also so ill.
'After noon, three of the remaining four crew members, set out to see if there was any fresh water or food on this island. We were able to salvage one barrel of the remaining food on the ship this morning, but that will only last a week.
'Late evening, and the search party returned. They found neither water nor food. We'll have to boil sea water to make it drinkable, and maybe catch fish for food.'
The next entry was a sad one:
' Log date: September 18. Two of the ill crew died from their fever last night. As is customary on a sea voyage, the able crew built a raft with two torches burning at the fore and aft ends. The King read some appropriate prayers, and we set their bodies adrift with the tide that night. We are down to three able bodied crew with the other now catching the fever.'
Elsa began to cry silently as she read the next entry:
'The Queen is starting to fail. She is getting weaker. We continue to pray for her, but it doesn't look good.'
Elsa stopped reading the log for the night, and silently cried herself to sleep.
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Anna was getting excited with anticipation! Only one more week and Elsa would return with the three ships from their journey. She was so happy!