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off an island in the South
Pacific when th’ adventure
of which I am about to tell
you happened.
I was aloft tarring down
th’ rigging when th’ lanyard
holding th’ tar-pot parted.
Down tumbled th* pot, tar
and nil, right onto th’ skip-
per who was on th’ auarter-
deck below. Soon s he'd
scraped some of th tar off
his face, so a he could see,
he ordered me down from
aloft, punched me in th’ eye
then turned me adrift in a
boat and told me to get out
of his sight
uTx. w «ief 8Wa,rmed
sharks. Before I was well
away fnnn th’ ship, headin’
•?r
island, I had to beat
them off .to keep ’em from
awampin th' boat
Early th’ next momln’ I
was elose to th’ island.. As
I was standin’ up in th’ bow
of th’ boat slain’ up th’ shore
— boom, a big wave filled
th' boat and dumped me
out into th'water. But I was
a good swimmer and got to
land.
I WM8 squintin’ at th' thick
jungle, wonderin’ if canni-
bals were waitin’ to grab
me. when out stepped a big
npe and headed for me.
Well, s’r, I figgered that
Bos’n Bill waa done for
I nearly keeled over with
surprise when th’ ape wad-
died up to me. took hold of
my hand and grinned os
friendly os you please. He
kept jabberin’ a word that
sounded like woogie, so I
named him Woogie
I was pretty hungry, so
I pointed to my mouth and
rolled my eyes. Woogie got
th' idea and shinned .up a
coco-palm fo r cocoanuts. I
picked some bananas, and
then we
down to eat and
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