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He walked along the shore to a nice sandy place and lay down to sleep. [Illustration] My father was very hungry when he woke up the next morning. Just as he was looking to see if he had anything left to eat, something hit him on the head. It was a tangerine. HE WALKED ALONG THE SHORE TO A NICE SANDY PLACE AND LAY DOWN TO SLEEP MY FATHER WAS VERY HUNGRY WHEN HE WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING JUST AS HE WAS LOOKING TO SEE IF HE HAD ANYTHING LEFT TO EAT SOMETHING HIT HIM ON THE HEAD IT WAS A TANGERINE
of wheat. Then another sailor felt the bag and he just happened to get hold of my father's elbow. "I know what this is," he said. "This is a bag of dried corn on the cob," and he dumped my father into the big net along with the bags of wheat. This all happened in the late afternoon, so late that the merchant in Cranberry who had ordered the wheat didn't count his bags until the next morning. (He was a very punctual man, and never late for dinner.) The sailors told the captain, and the captain wrote down on a piece of paper, that they had delivered one hundred and sixty bags of wheat and one bag of dried corn on the cob. They left the piece of paper for the merchant and sailed away that evening. My father heard later that the merchant spent the whole next day counting and recounting the bags and feeling each one trying to find the bag of dried corn on the cob. He never found it because as soon as it was dark my father climbed out of the bag, folded it up and put it back in his knapsack.  EVEN HARDER TO LOOK LIKE A BAG OF WHEAT THEN THE OTHER SAILOR FELT THE BAG AND HE JUST HAPPENED TO GET HOLD OF MY FATHER'S ELBOW I KNOW THIS IS HE SAID IT'S A BAG OF DRIED CORN ON THE COB HE DUMB MY FATHER INTO THE BIG NET ALONG WITH THE BAGS OF WHEAT THIS ALL HAPPENED IN THE LATE AFTERNOON SO LATE THAT THE MERCHANT IN CRANBERRY WHO HAD ORDERED THE WHEAT DIDN'T COUNT HIS BAGS UNTIL THE NEXT MORNING HE WAS A VERY PUNCTUAL MAN AND NEVER LATE FOR DINNER THE SAILORS TOLD THE CAPTAIN AND THE CAPTAIN WROTE DOWN ON A PIECE OF PAPER THAT THEY HAD DELIVERED ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTY BAGS OF WHEAT AND ONE BAG OF DRIED CORN ON THE COB THEY LEFT THE PIECE OF PAPER FOR THE MERCHANT AND SAILED AWAY THAT EVENING MY FATHER HEARD LATER THAT THE MERCHANT SPENT THE WHOLE NEXT DAY COUNTING AND RECOUNTING THE BAGS AND FEELING EACH ONE TRYING TO FIND THE BAG OF DRIED CORN ON THE COB HE NEVER FOUND IT BECAUSE AS SOON AS IT WAS DARK MY FATHER CLIMBED OUT OF THE BAG HE FOLDED IT UP AND PUT IT BACK IN HIS KNAPSACK
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