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"How are they going to come and get us?" asked Sue. "They can't swim that far." "Oh, yes, they could!" declared Bunny. "But I don't s'pose they'll have to swim. They can come and get us in a boat." "Oh, yes!" cried Sue, more joyfully. "So they can. And I wish they would. Let's call, Bunny!" HOW ARE THEY GOING TO COME AND GET US ASKED SUE THEY CAN'T SWIM THAT FAR OH YES THEY COULD DECLARED BUNNY BUT I DON'T SUPPOSE THEY'LL HAVE TO SWIM THEY CAN COME AND GET US IN A BOAT OH YES CRIED SUE MORE JOYFULLY SO THEY CAN AND I WISH THEY WOULD LET'S CALL BUNNY
ve happened. For when Bunny and Sue ran to the side of the _Fairy_ to look over, they saw, trailing in the water, the long rope, or cable, by which the boat had been made fast to the dock. As Bunny had said, it had come "unhitched." The children did not know how this had happened. But there they were, alone on rather a large sailing boat, which also had a gasolene motor, like that in a motor boat, to make it travel when there was no wind to blow on the sails. And each moment they were being carried by the tide farther and farther away from their father's dock. Bunny and Sue looked across the water toward the wharf whereon Mr. Brown had his office. They could not see their father, nor any one else. The dock was deserted. "What are we going to do?" asked Sue; and there was a catch in her voice, as though she was frightened; and she was. "Well," said Bunny slowly, "I guess maybe we'd better call." "Call!" exclaimed Sue. "What for?" "So daddy or Cap'n Ross will hear us and come and get us. LOOSE AND YET THIS IS WHAT SEEMED TO HAVE HAPPENED FOR WHEN BUNNY AND SUE RAN OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE FERRY TO LOOK OVER THEY SAW TRAILING IN THE WATER THE LONG ROPE OR CABLE BY WHICH THE BOAT HAD BEEN MADE FAST TO THE DOCK AS BUNNY HAD SAID IT HAD COME UNHITCHED THE CHILDREN DID NOT KNOW HOW THIS HAD HAPPENED BUT THERE THEY WERE ALONE ON A RATHER LARGE SAILING BOAT WHICH ALSO HAD A GASOLENE MOTOR LIKE THAT IN A MOTOR BOAT TO MAKE IT TRAVEL WHERE THERE WAS NO WIND TO BLOW ON THE SAILS AND EACH MOMENT THEY WERE BEING CARRIED BY THE TIDE FARTHER AND FARTHER AWAY FROM THEIR FATHER'S DOCK BUNNY AND SUE LOOKED ACROSS THE WATER TOWARD THE WHARF WHEREON MISTER BROWN HAD HIS OFFICE THEY COULD NOT SEE THEIR FATHER NOR ANYONE ELSE THE DOCK WAS DESERTED WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO ASKED SUE AND THERE WAS A CATCH IN HER VOICE AS THOUGH SHE WAS FRIGHTENED AND SHE WAS WELL SAID BUNNY SLOWLY I GUESS MAYBE WE'D BETTER CALL CALL EXCLAIMED SUE WHAT FOR SO DADDY OR CAP'N ROSS WILL HEAR US AND COME AND GET US
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