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Bunny had brought two shovels, and, giving the new boy one, Sue's brother used the other. He dug a hole in the mucky, black sand, and Harry did likewise. BUNNY HAD BROUGHT TWO SHOVELS AND GIVING THE NEW BOY ONE SUE'S BROTHER USED THE OTHER HE DUG A HOLE IN THE MUCKY BLACK SAND AND HARRY DID LIKEWISE
instead of being almost round, like a hard clam. A soft clam lives down in the mud or sand under water. Within his shell the soft clam has a long tube, which seems as if made of rubber, for it can be stretched out greatly, or made so small as to fit inside the shell. When the tide covered the low flats at one part of Christmas Tree Cove the soft clams could not be found. But when the tide went out it left bare a large space of sand and sticky mud, or muck. Then was the time to dig soft clams. Bunny and Sue knew how to do it. They used a little shovel, though a regular clammer uses a short-handled hoe, digging the wet earth away much as a farmer digs away the earth from a hill of potatoes. Down under the surface the clams are found. "Here's a good place to dig," said Bunny, as he led Sue and Harry through little pools of water to the clam flats. "Sue, you hold the basket and Harry and I will dig." "Well, this time I will, 'cause Harry's new," answered Sue. "But after this I'll dig, too. ED THE SOFT CLAM IS LONG AND THIN INSTEAD OF BEING ALMOST ROUND LIKE A HARD CLAM A SOFT CLAM LIVES DOWN IN THE MUD OR SAND UNDER WATER WITHIN HIS SHELL THE SOFT CLAM HAS A LONG TUBE WHICH SEEMS AS IF MADE OF RUBBER FOR IT CAN BE STRETCHED OUT GREATLY OR MADE SO SMALL AS TO FIT INSIDE THE SHELL WHEN THE TIDE COVERED THE LOW FLATS AT ONE PART OF CHRISTMAS TREE COVE THE SOFT CLAMS COULD NOT BE FOUND BUT WHEN THE TIDE WENT OUT IT LEFT BARE A LARGE SPACE OF SAND AND STICKY MUD OR MUCK THEN WAS THE TIME TO DIG SOFT CLAMS BUNNIN SOON KNEW HOW TO DO IT THEY USED A LITTLE SHOVEL THOUGH A REGULAR CLAMBER USES A SHORT HANDLED HOE DIGGING THE WET EARTH AWAY AS MUCH AS A FARMER DIGS AWAY THE EARTH FROM A HILL OF POTATOES DOWN UNDER THE SURFACE THE CLAMS ARE FOUND HERE'S A GOOD PLACE TO DIG SAID BUNNY AS HE LED SUE AND HARRY THROUGH LITTLE POOLS OF WATER TO THE CLAM FLATS SUE YOU HOLD THE BASKET AND HARRY AND I WILL DIG WELL THIS TIME I WILL CAUSE HARRY'S NEW ANSWERED SUE BUT AFTER THIS I'LL DIG TOO
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