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I mean, dear, dear, what a queer little rock!" My father saw a tiny paw rubbing itself on his knapsack. He lay very still and the mouse, for it _was_ a mouse, hurried away muttering to itself, "I must smell tumduddy. I mean, I must tell somebody." [Illustration] My father waited a few minutes and then started down the beach because it was almost dark now, and he was afraid the mouse really would tell somebody. I MEAN DEAR DEAR WHAT A QUEER LITTLE ROCK MY FATHER SAW A TINY PAW RUBBING ITSELF ON HIS KNAPSACK HE LAY VERY STILL AND AND THE MOUSE FOR IT WAS A MOUSE HURRIED AWAY MUTTERING TO ITSELF I MUST TELL TOM DUDY I MEAN I MUST TELL SOMEBODY MY FATHER WAITED A FEW MINUTES THEN STARTED DOWN THE BEACH BECAUSE IT WAS ALMOST DARK NOW AND HE WAS AFRAID THE MOUSE REALLY WOULD TELL SOMEBODY
ER The jungle began just beyond a narrow strip of beach; thick, dark, damp, scary jungle. My father hardly knew where to go, so he crawled under a wahoo bush to think, and ate eight tangerines. The first thing to do, he decided, was to find the river, because the dragon was tied somewhere along its bank. Then he thought, "If the river flows into the ocean, I ought to be able to find it quite easily if I just walk along the beach far enough." So my father walked until the sun rose and he was quite far from the Ocean Rocks. It was dangerous to stay near them because they might be guarded in the daytime. He found a clump of tall grass and sat down. Then he took off his rubber boots and ate three more tangerines. He could have eaten twelve but he hadn't seen any tangerines on this island and he could not risk running out of something to eat. My father slept all that day and only woke up late in the afternoon when he heard a funny little voice saying, "Queer, queer, what a dear little dock! ER FOUR MY FATHER FINDS THE RIVER THE JUNGLE BEGAN JUST BEYOND A NARROW STRIP OF BEACH THICK DARK DAMP SCARY JUNGLE MY FATHER HARDLY KNEW WHERE TO GO SO HE CRAWLED UNDER A WAHU BUSH TO THINK AND ATE EIGHT TANGERINES FIRST THING TO DO HE DECIDED WAS TO FIND THE RIVER BECAUSE THE DRAGON WAS TIED SOMEWHERE ALONG ITS BANK THEN HE THOUGHT IF THE RIVER FLOWS INTO THE OCEAN I OUGHTNA BE ABLE TO FIND IT QUITE EASY IF I JUST WALK ALONG THE BEACH FAR ENOUGH SO MY FATHER WALKED UNTIL THE SUN ROSE AND HE WAS QUITE FAR FROM THE OCEAN ROCKS IT WAS DANGEROUS TO STAY NEAR THEM BECAUSE THEY MIGHT BE GUARDED IN THE DAYTIME HE FOUND A CLUMP OF TALL GRASS AND SAT DOWN THEN HE TOOK OFF HIS RUBBER BOOTS AND ATE THREE MORE TANGERINES HE COULD HAVE EATEN TWELVE BUT HE HADN'T SEEN ANY TANGERINES ON THIS ISLAND AND HE COULD NOT RISK RUNNING OUT OF SOMETHING TO EAT MY FATHER SLEPT ALL THAT DAY AND ONLY WOKE UP AND LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN HE HEARD A FUNNY LITTLE VOICE SAYING QUEER QUEER WHAT A DEAR LITTLE DUCK
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