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"When you take the oars  not yet  don't be in a hurry. Do everything calmly," said Uncle Ben. "You'll never larn anything if you don't go to work shipshape." "But what shall _I_ do?" asked Frank. "There are only twelve oars." WHEN YOU TAKE THE OARS NOT YET DON'T BE IN A HURRY DO EVERYTHING CALMLY SAID UNCLE BEN YOU'LL NEVER LARN ANYTHING IF YOU DON'T GO TO WORK SHIP SHAPE BUT WHAT SHALL I DO ASKED FRANK THERE ARE ONLY TWELVE OARS
g at the boy's perplexity. "It is the right-hand side lookin' for'ad. Do you understand it now?" "We do," shouted the boys together. "Now, who can tell me which is the larboard side?" "The left looking forward," replied several. "Good, my hearties; and larboard and port mean the same thing. 'Port' is more used now nor larboard." "We all understand it," said Charles Hardy. "You'll forget it, ten to one, before to-morrow." "No, we won't." "Now, Tony, take the starboard side. That's it. Number two, the port side. That's right. Number three, the starboard." The boys had grown more tractable, and Uncle Ben succeeded in getting them all in their proper places. The boat thus trimmed sat even on the water, and the boys were delighted with this change in her position. Most of them were wholly unaccustomed to boats, and the one-sided posture gave them a sensation of uneasiness; but while they saw Uncle Ben and some of the others feeling so secure, they did not like to acknowledge their timidity. I DIDN'T I SAID THIS SIDE REPLIED THE OLD SAILOR LAUGHING AT THE BOY'S PERPLEXITY IT IS THE RIGHT HAND SIDE LOOKING FORWARD DO YOU UNDERSTAND IT NOW WE DO SHOUTED THE BOYS TOGETHER NOW WHO CAN TELL ME WHICH IS THE LARBOARD SIDE THE LEFT LOOKING FORWARD REPLIED SEVERAL GOOD MY HEARTIES AND LARBOARD AND PORT MEAN THE SAME THING PORT IS MORE USED NOW NOR LARBOARD WE ALL UNDERSTAND IT SAID CHARLES HARDY YOU'LL FORGET IT TEN TO ONE BEFORE TO MORROW NO WE WON'T NOW TONY TAKE THE STARBOARD SIDE THAT'S IT NUMBER TWO THE PORT SIDE THAT'S RIGHT NUMBER THREE THE STARBOARD THE BOYS HAD GROWN MORE TRACTABLE AND UNCLE BEN SUCCEEDED IN GETTING THEM ALL IN THEIR PROPER PLACES THE BOAT THUS TRIMMED SAT EVEN ON THE WATER AND THE BOYS WERE DELIGHTED WITH THIS CHANGE IN HER POSITION MOST OF THEM WERE WHOLLY UNACCUSTOMED TO BOATS AND THE ONE SIDED POSTURE GAVE THEM A SENSATION OF UNEASINESS BUT WHILE THEY SAW UNCLE BEN AND SOME OF THE OTHERS FEELING SO SECURE THEY DID NOT LIKE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THEIR TIMIDITY
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