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"How are you enjoying it?" he asked Sue. "Let's see, I know a riddle about a clam, if I can think of it. Let me see now, I wonder    " "Where's Bunny?" asked Mrs. Brown, coming up on the deck at that moment. HOW ARE YOU ENJOYING IT HE ASKED SUE LET'S SEE I KNOW A RIDDLE ABOUT A CLAM IF I CAN THINK OF IT LET ME SEE NOW I WONDER WHERE'S BUNNY ASKED MISSUS BROWN COMING UP ON THE DECK AT THAT MOMENT
in the small boats dragged their rakes. Of course the sailboats could use much larger rakes and cover a wider part of the cove. Now and then the men on board the sailboats would haul up the rakes, which were shaped something like a man's hand is when half closed and all the fingers and the thumb are spread out. The clams were dumped on deck, afterward to be washed and sorted. The sight was not new to any of the Browns, and of course Bunker, Uncle Tad, and Captain Ross had often taken part in clam raking. But Bunny and Sue never tired of watching it. Now they sat on deck, as much out of the wind as possible, and looked at the drifting boats and at the clammers in their dorries. The storm was passing. Gradually the wind was dying out and the waves were getting smaller. "I think we can start again by this afternoon," said Mr. Brown, coming up on deck following a short nap in the cabin. He had felt sleepy after dinner. "Yes, we can leave before evening if you say so," replied Captain Ross. HE COVE MUCH AS THE FISHERMEN AND SMALL BOATS DRAGGED THEIR RAKES OF COURSE THE SAILBOATS COULD USE MUCH LARGER RIGS THAN COVER A WIDER PART OF THE COVE NOW AND THEN MEN ON BOARD THE SAILBOATS WOULD HAUL UP THE RAKES WHICH WERE SHAPED SOMETHING LIKE A MAN'S HAND IS WHEN HALF CLOSED AND ALL THE FINGERS IN THE THUMB ARE SPREAD OUT THE CLAMS WERE DUMPED ON DECK AFTERWARD TO BE WASHED AND SORTED THE SIGHT WAS NOT NEW TO ANY OF THE BROWNS AND OF COURSE BUNKER UNCLE TAD AND CAPTAIN ROSS HAD OFTEN TAKEN PART IN CLAM RAKING BUT BUNNY HAD SOON EVER TIRED OF WATCHING IT NOW THEY SAT ON DECK AS MUCH OUT OF THE WIND AS POSSIBLE AND LOOKED AT THE DRIFTING BOATS AND AT THE CLAMOURS IN THEIR DOORIES THE STORM WAS PASSING GRADUALLY THE WIND WAS DYING OUT AND THE WAVES WERE GETTING SMALLER I THINK WE CAN START AGAIN BY THIS AFTERNOON SAID MISTER BROWN COMING UP ON DECK FOLLOWING HIS SHORT NAP IN THE CABIN HE HAD FELT SLEEPY AFTER DINNER YES WE CAN LEAVE BEFORE EVENING IF YOU SAY SO REPLIED CAPTAIN ROSS
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