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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. 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
 then the tides get low, or run out. The moon and sun are thought to cause the tides, as you will learn when you get a little older and have to study about such things. And the tide, after having run up into Sandport Bay, was now running out, or ebbing, and in some way it was taking the _Fairy_ with it, floating the boat along as the rain water in the gutter floats chips along. "How do you s'pose we got loose?" asked Sue. "I don't know, lessen the rope came unhitched," Bunny answered. "But if Cap'n Ross tied his boat to the dock, I don't see how it could come unhitched." Bunny was enough of a sailor to know that no boat captain ever tied such a knot as could easily come loose. And yet this is what seemed to have 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. IGH TWICE EATS TWENTY FOUR HOURS AND THEN THE TIDE GETS LOW OR RUN OUT THE MOON AND THE SUN ARE FOUGHT TO CAUSE THE TIDES AS YOU WILL LEARN WHEN YOU GET A LITTLE OLDER AND HAVE TO STUDY ABOUT SUCH THINGS AND THE TIDE AFTER HAVING RUN UP INTO SANDPORT BAY WAS NOW RUNNING OUT OR EBBING AND IN SOME WAY WAS TAKING THE FERRY WITH IT LOADING THE BOAT ALONG AS THE RAIN WATER IN THE GUTTER FLOAT CHIPS ALONG HOW DO YOU SUPPOSE WE GOT LOOSE ASKED SUE I DON'T KNOW LESSEN THE ROPE CAME UNHITCHED BUNNY ANSWER BUT IF CAPTAIN ROSS TIED HIS BOAT TO THE DOCK I DON'T SEE HOW IT COULD COME UNHITCHED BUNNY WAS ENOUGH OF A SAILOR TO KNOW THAT NO BOAT CAPTAIN EVER TIED SUCH A KNOT AS COULD EASILY COME 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
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