A Message from the Sea

"How do you do, ma'am?" said the captain. "I am very glad to see you. I have come a long way to see you."
Who hasn't dreamt of finding an old bottle between rocks on a beach somewhere, and seeing it has a rolled-up letter inside it? A Message from the Sea is a fairy tale by Charles Dickens and it tells the story of an American captain who travels a long way to deliver a message he found in at bottle to a family in a small English fishing village. It's a refreshing and happy read in which the impossible happens.