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And so it proved. The propeller, you know, is something like an electric fan. It whirls around underwater and pushes the boat ahead. The propeller on the _Fairy_ had struck a floating log and had been broken, as they found out later. AND SO IT PROVED THE PROPELLER YOU KNOW IS SOMETHING LIKE AN ELECTRIC FAN IT WHIRLS AROUND UNDER WATER AND PUSHES THE BOAT AHEAD THE PROPELLER ON THE FERRY HAD STRUCK A FLOATING LOG AND HAD BEEN BROKEN AS THEY FOUND OUT LATER
how, and it won't take long to row over if we have to," he added. "But we surely did hit something." "Maybe it was a whale," suggested Sue. "Whales don't come up in the bay. They're too big and fat," declared Bunny. "Well, maybe then it was a shark," the little girl went on. "They're not so fat." Captain Ross and Mr. Brown hurried below deck again, but presently came up, and the seaman said: "We can't find anything wrong below--no leak or anything. We may have hit a big, submerged log or piece of a wreck. Start the motor again, Bunker, and we'll see if that's all right." The gasolene engine was not damaged, but something else was wrong. As soon as the machinery started there was a trembling and throbbing throughout the whole boat, but she did not move ahead. "I see what the matter is!" said Captain Ross. "The propeller is broken. It hit something." "Oh, can't we go to Christmas Tree Cove?" asked Sue. "We'll get there somehow," answered Captain Ross. "But the propeller is surely broken. IN ROSS WE'D BETTER TAKE A LOOK WE'RE NEAR SHORE ANYHOW AND IT WON'T TAKE LONG TO ROW OVER IF WE HAVE TO HE ADDED BUT WE SURELY DID HIT SOMETHING MAYBE IT WAS A WHALE SUGGESTED SUE WHALES DON'T COME UP IN THE BAY THEY'RE TOO BIG AND FAT DECLARED BUNNY WELL MAYBE THEN IT WAS A SHARK THE LITTLE GIRL WENT ON THEY'RE NOT SO FAT CAPTAIN ROSS AND MISTER BROWN HURRIED BELOW DECK AGAIN BUT PRESENTLY CAME UP AND THE SEAMAN SAID WE CAN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG BELOW NO LEAK OR ANYTHING WE MAY HAVE HIT A BIG SUBMERGED LOG OR A PIECE OF A WRECK START THE MOTOR AGAIN BUNKER AND WE'LL SEE IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT THE GASOLENE ENGINE WAS NOT DAMAGED BUT SOMETHING ELSE WAS WRONG AS SOON AS THE MACHINERY STARTED THERE WAS A TREMBLING AND THROBBING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE BOAT BUT SHE DID NOT MOVE AHEAD I SEE WHAT THE MATTER IS SAID CAPTAIN ROSS THE PROPELLER IS BROKEN IT HITS SOMETHING WHO CAN'T WE GO TO CHRISTMAS TREE COVE ASKED SUE WE'LL GET THERE SOMEHOW ANSWERED CAPTAIN ROSS BUT THE PROPELLER IS SURELY BROKEN
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