He is left with only Stew Cat. Phillip is then rescued by a navy vessel. One year after he and Timothy find the island, he has many surgeries to get his sight back. After Timothy dies, Phillip and Stew Cat are left alone on the island. During Chapter Eighteen, Phillip hears some explosions and then an aircraft nearby.
The boy can sense that Timothy is holding something back, much like Phillip's father used to do when he was younger. Timothy goes off to find a place to camp.
Stew Cat wanders away, and Phillip gets scared. He is not into the whole being alone while blind and on a desert island thing. Stew Cat returns, followed by Timothy. Phillip has a hissy fit and tells Timothy never to leave him alone again. Timothy says he won't. The two eat some biscuits and chocolate. Phillip calls Timothy out and asks him to tell him what he's been holding back, saying, "I'm old enough to know" 7.
Timothy admits that he thinks they're on a small cay in a part of the sea known as the Devil's Mouth, which is "several small islands tucked up inside great banks of coral that made navigation difficult" 7.
That means ships rarely go by. Timothy and Phillip don't really get along at first. For one thing, Timothy rations the water instead of letting Phillip gulp as much as he pleases. To make matters worse, Phillip loses his sight from his injury during the torpedo blast. He goes completely blind. The man, boy, and cat drift in the sea and finally happen upon a small cay island.
Timothy steers the raft to the island, even though Phillip wants to stay at sea better chance of rescue, he thinks. On the island Timothy builds a hut and catches langosta lobster for the castaways to eat. Timothy eventually reveals that the two of them are probably in an area known as the Devil's Mouth. That doesn't sound good. The place is rarely accessible by ship, so they realize that their only chance of rescue is that a plane might see the smoke from a signal fire.
Tensions build between Timothy and Phillip as the two attempt to live together on the island. Phillip realizes that Timothy can't spell, which causes Phillip to feel all high and mighty. Timothy, meanwhile, pushes Phillip to do tasks that he doesn't want to do like weave sleeping mats. Eventually the situation blows up.
Phillip calls Timothy ugly and stupid and Timothy smacks the bratty Phillip in the face. For some reason, this act of violence seems to knock some sense into Phillip. He realizes that Timothy is only trying to help them both survive on the island. Phillip decides he wants to be Timothy's friend and asks Timothy to call him Phillip instead of "young bahss" 9. After the fight Timothy and Phillip grow closer. They talk about their backgrounds and families.
Timothy makes Phillip a cane to help him get around the island, and Phillip learns how to do things like fish.
Phillip even eventually climbs a big palm tree to get coconuts — a major triumph for him. Despite his blindness, Phillip is becoming more independent and empowered. Meanwhile we learn that Timothy is in poor health.
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