Christopher Columbus loved the sea. When he was a little boy he would go down to the ___(1)___ to see the big ships. He would love to ___(2)___ them come and go. He wanted to be a sailor when he grew up so he read many books on ___(3)___. He also read about many countries. When he grew older he sailed to some of these ___(4)___. He was the first sailor to ___(5)___ to the far-away place called America.