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'Well,' he said, as if considering the matter, 'they may be sometimes brave, but they don't fight like the soldiers, and they have no banners, and red coats, and band; and they don't know how to march. A sailor walks anyhow. I saw one once, and I thought he was tipsy, but he wasn't. A sailor walks like a goose  he waddles!' WELL HE SAID AS IF CONSIDERING THE MATTER THEY MAY BE SOMETIMES BRAVE BUT THEY DON'T FIGHT LIKE THE SOLDIERS AND THEY HAVE NO BANNERS AND RED COATS AND BAND AND THEY DON'T KNOW HOW TO MARCH A SAILOR WALKS ANYHOW I SAW ONE ONCE AND I THOUGHT HE WAS TIPSY BUT HE WASN'T A SAILOR WALKS LIKE A GOOSE HE WADDLES
s very near tears. 'I'll tell my mother you nearly drowned me dead.' 'If you're a sailor's daughter, you oughtn't to be afraid of the water; sailors and fish are always in the sea.' 'They're never in it; never!' 'Well, they're on it, as close as they can be to it. Why, you're nearly crying! But you're only a girl, and a sailor's girl can't be very brave--not like a soldier's girl would be.' 'Sailors are much braver than soldiers,' said Nancy, quickly swallowing down her tears; 'and when they do fight they're in much more danger than the soldiers. Father said, how would soldiers like the earth to swallow them up just when they've been fighting hard and got the victory? That's what the sea does to the poor sailors. Their ship begins to sink, and they send up three cheers for queen and country, and then stand on deck with folded arms, and go down, down, down to the bottom of the sea, and never make a cry!' Nancy forgot her wet clothes in her eloquence, and Teddy stared wonderingly at her. KITTY BEGAN TO LAUGH A LITTLE SHAMEFACEDLY BUT NANCY WAS VERY NEAR TEARS I'LL TELL MY MOTHER YOU NEARLY DROWNED ME DEAD IF YOU'RE A SAILOR'S DAUGHTER YOU OUGHTN'T TO BE AFRAID OF THE WATER SAILORS AND FISH ARE ALWAYS IN THE SEA THEY'RE NEVER IN IT NEVER WELL THEY'RE ON IT AS CLOSE AS THEY CAN BE TO IT WHY YOU'RE NEARLY CRYING BUT YOU'RE ONLY A GIRL AND A SAILOR'S GIRL CAN'T BE VERY BRAVE NOT LIKE A SOLDIER'S GIRL WOULD BE SAILORS ARE MUCH BRAVER THAN SOLDIERS SAID NANCY QUICKLY SWALLOWING DOWN HER TEARS AND WHEN THEY DO FIGHT THERE ARE MUCH MORE DANGER THAN THE SOLDIERS FATHER SAID HOW WOULD SOLDIERS LIKE THE EARTH TO SWALLOW THEM UP JUST WHEN THEY'VE BEEN FIGHTING HARD AND GOT THE VICTORY THAT'S WHAT THE SEA DOES TO THE POOR SAILORS THEIR SHIP BEGINS TO SINK AND THEY SEND UP THREE CHEERS FOR QUEEN AND COUNTRY THEN STAND ON DECK WITH FOLDED ARMS AND GO DOWN DOWN TO THE BOTT OF THE SEA AND NEVER MAKE A CRY NANCY FORGOT HER WET CLOTHES IN HER ELOQUENCE AND TEDDY STARED WONDERINGLY AT HER
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