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She drifted in one direction, and he was borne off in another, both cheering. SHE DRIFTED IN ONE DIRECTION AND HE WAS BORNE OFF IN ANOTHER BOTH CHEERING
eggs; but she could not help peeping between the feathers. I forget whether I have told you that there was a stave on the rock, driven into it by some buccaneers of long ago to mark the site of buried treasure. The children had discovered the glittering hoard, and when in mischievous mood used to fling showers of moidores, diamonds, pearls and pieces of eight to the gulls, who pounced upon them for food, and then flew away, raging at the scurvy trick that had been played upon them. The stave was still there, and on it Starkey had hung his hat, a deep tarpaulin, watertight, with a broad brim. Peter put the eggs into this hat and set it on the lagoon. It floated beautifully. The Never bird saw at once what he was up to, and screamed her admiration of him; and, alas, Peter crowed his agreement with her. Then he got into the nest, reared the stave in it as a mast, and hung up his shirt for a sail. At the same moment the bird fluttered down upon the hat and once more sat snugly on her eggs.  AS NOT TO SEE THE LAST OF HER EGGS BUT SHE COULD NOT HELP PEEPING BETWEEN THE FEATHERS I FORGET WHETHER I HAVE TOLD YOU THAT THERE WAS A STAVE ON THE ROCK DRIVEN INTO IT BY SOME BUCCANEERS OF LONG AGO TO MARK THE SITE OF BURIED TREASURE THE CHILDREN HAD DISCOVERED THE GLITTERING HORDE AND WHEN A MISCHIEVOUS MOOD USED TO FLING SHOWERS OF MOID OAR DIAMONDS PEARLS AND PIECES OF EIGHT TO THE GULLS WHO POUNCED UPON THEM FOR FOOD AND THEN FLEW AWAY RAGING AT THE SCURVY TRICK THAT HAD BEEN PLAYED UPON THEM THE STAVE WAS STILL THERE AND ON IT STARKID HUNG HIS HAT A DEW TOPAULIN WATERED HEIGHT WITH A BROAD BRIM PETER PUT THE EGGS INTO HIS HAT AND SET IT ON THE LAGOON IT FLOATED BEAUTIFULLY THE NEVER BIRD SAW AT ONCE WHAT HE WAS UP TO AND SCREAMED HER ADMIRATION OF HIM AND ALAS PETER CROWED HIS AGREEMENT WITH HER THEN HE GOT INTO THE NEST REARED THE STAVE IN IT AS A MAST AND HUNG UP HIS SHIRT FOR A SAIL AT THE SAME MOMENT THE BIRD FLUTTERED DOWN UPON THE HAT AND ONCE MORE SAT SNUGLY ON HER EGGS
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