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Bunny and Sue shook their heads sideways to say "No." "Do you give up?" asked Captain Ross. Bunny and Sue shook their heads up and down to say "Yes." "When is a boat not a boat?" asked the Captain again. "When she's a _drift_, of course, like this one of mine was! Ho! Ho!" and he laughed heartily. "You see a boat's not a boat when she's adrift  a sort of snow _drift_! Ha! Ha! That's a riddle," and he laughed so heartily that Sue slipped from his lap. BUNNY AND SUE SHOOK THEIR HEADS SIDEWAYS TO SAY NO DO YOU GIVE UP ASKED CAPTAIN ROSS BUNNY AND SUE SHOOK THEIR HEADS UP AND DOWN AS IF TO SAY YES WHEN IS ABOUT NOT ABOUT ASKED THE CAPTAIN WHEN SHE'S ADRIFT OF COURSE LIKE THIS ONE OF MINE WAS HO HO AND HE LAUGHED HEARTILY YOU SEE A BOAT'S NOT ABOUT WHEN SHE'S ADRIFT A SORT OF A SNOW DRIFT HA HA THAT'S A RIDDLE AND HE LAUGHED SO HEARTILY THAT SUE SLIPPED FROM HIS LAP
In a short time the motor boat reached the drifting _Fairy_. Mr. Brown and Captain Ross went on board, and you can just imagine how glad Bunny and Sue were to see them. "Guess you'll have to tow us back," said Captain Ross to Mr. Brown. "The motor of my boat needs fixing. That's one reason why I tied up at your dock. There isn't enough wind to blow us back against the tide that's running out now." "My motor boat will tow you back all right," said Mr. Brown. And while this was being done Bunny and Sue sat on the deck of the _Fairy_ with their father and Captain Ross. "Well, you had quite an adventure, didn't you?" laughed Captain Ross, taking Sue up on his knees. "And it reminds me of a riddle. When is a boat not a boat?" "When is a boat not a boat?" repeated Bunny. "Why, a boat is always a boat, Cap'n Ross, lessen you mean it's like a house 'cause people sometimes live in it." "No, I don't mean that," chuckled Captain Ross. "I'll ask you again. When is a boat not a boat? Can you guess? YOU KNOW DADDY IS COMING SAID THE LITTLE BOY IN A SHORT TIME THE MOTOR BOAT REACHED THE DRIFTING FERRY MISTER BROWN AND CAPTAIN ROSS WENT ON BOARD AND YOU CAN JUST IMAGINE HOW GLAD BUNNY IN TOO WERE TO SEE THEM I GUESS THEY'LL OFF THE TOWEST BACK SAID CAPTAIN ROSS TO MISTER BROWN THE MOTOR OF MY BOAT NEEDS FIXED IN THAT'S ONE REASON WHY I'M TIED UP AT YOUR DOCK THERE'S ENOUGH WIND TO BLOW US BACK AGAINST THE TIDE THAT'S RUNNING OUT NOW MY MOTOR BOAT WILL TOW YOU BACK ALL RIGHT SAID MISTER BROWN AND WELL THIS WAS BEING DONE BUNNY'N'T YOU SHED ON THE DECK OF THE THEORY OF THEIR FATHER AND CAPTAIN NOS WELL YOU'VE HAD QUITE AN ADVENTURE DIDN'T YOU LAUGHED CAPTAIN ROSS TAKING SUE UP ON HIS KNEES AND I REMINDS ME OF A RIDDLE MONEY'S A BOAT NOT A BOAT WHEN THERE'S A BOAT NOT A BOAT REPEATED BUNNY WHY A BOAT IS OURS ABOUT CAPTAIN ROSS HOW SHOULD YOU MEAN IT A HOUSE SOME NICE HEAP ARE LIVING IT NO I DON'T MEAN THAT CHUCKLED CAPTAIN ROSS I'LL ASK YOU AGAIN WHEN IS A BOAT NOT A BOAT CAN YOU GUESS
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