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"Oh, Timothy! Can it be a porcupine?" exclaimed the Bo'sun's Mate with distress, forgetting that Sweden was not Canada. OH TIMOTHY CAN IT BE A PORCUPINE EXCLAIMED THE BO'SUN'S MATE WITH DISTRESS FORGETTING THAT SWEDEN WAS NOT CANADA
urn related the trivial adventures of the night—how they slept, whether the wind shook their tent, whether the spider on the ridge pole had moved, whether they had heard the toad, and so forth—and on this particular morning Joan, in the middle of a little pause, made a truly novel announcement: "In the night I heard the howling of a dog," she said, and then flushed up to the roots of her hair when we burst out laughing. For the idea of there being a dog on this forsaken island that was only able to support a snake and two toads was distinctly ludicrous, and I remember Maloney, half-way through his burnt porridge, capping the announcement by declaring that he had heard a "Baltic turtle" in the lagoon, and his wife's expression of frantic alarm before the laughter undeceived her. But the next morning Joan repeated the story with additional and convincing detail. "Sounds of whining and growling woke me," she said, "and I distinctly heard sniffing under my tent, and the scratching of paws. STEN PATIENTLY WHILE EACH IN TURN RELATED THE TRIVIAL ADVENTURES OF THE NIGHT HOW THEY SLEPT WHETHER THE WIND SHOOK THEIR TENT WHETHER THE SPIDER ON THE RIDGEPOLE HAD MOVED WHETHER THEY HAD HEARD THE TOAD AND SO FORTH AND ON THIS PARTICULAR MORNING JOAN IN THE MIDDLE OF A LITTLE PAUSE MADE A TRULY NOVEL ANNOUNCEMENT IN THE NIGHT I HEARD THE HOWLING OF A DOG SHE SAID AND THEN FLUSHED UP TO THE ROOTS OF HER HAIR AS WE BURST OUT LAUGHING FOR THE IDEA OF THERE BEING A DOG ON THIS FORSAKEN ISLAND THAT WAS ONLY ABLE TO SUPPORT A SNAKE AND TWO TOADS WAS DISTINCTLY LUDICROUS AND I REMEMBER MALONEY HALF WAY THROUGH HIS BURNT PORRIDGE CAPPING THE ANNOUNCEMENT BY DECLARING THAT HE HAD HEARD A BALTIC TURTLE IN THE LAGOON AND HIS WIFE'S EXPRESSION OF FRANTIC ALARM BEFORE THE LAUGHTER UNDECEIVED HER BUT THE NEXT MORNING JOAN REPEATED THE STORY WITH ADDITIONAL AND CONVINCING DETAIL SOUNDS OF WHINING AND GROWLING WOKE ME SHE SAID AND I DISTINCTLY HEARD SNIFFING UNDER MY TENT AND THE SCRATCHING OF PAWS
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