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Kangy and I were cruis-
ln' with Tops'l Barney, an
old shipmate of mine, when
we haa an adventure that
beats anything that I’ve
ever been through.
It was a.fine mornin’ in
th’ tropics. Up aloft, th’
lookout was keepin’ a sharp
eye ahead for reefs, for we
were nearin’ th ’ coast of
Borneo. All at once he
bawls out: ’’Big school o’
somethin' headed this way!”
Well s'r, just then a fish
’bout ten feet long landed
on deck. Then more' of ’em
flopped over th ’ rail. Th’
big fish, which, by th’ way,
were known a s leapin’
tunas, were bouncin’ about
th’ deck like rubber balls.
I’ll be blowed if it weren’t
like a three-ringed circus.
Down in th* hold one of
th’ crew was tightenin’ th ’
hoops on an empty barrel.
One of th' tunas dove down
through th’ open hatchway
and plunked headfirst into
th’ barrel. Th’ next thing
we saw .was a tuna sailin’
up through th’ hatchway, a
barrel over his head, and a
pop-eyed sailor hangin’ onto
his dorsal fin. Over th’ rail
bounced th’ tuna. Just in
time, th’ sailor let go and
landed on deck.
While I was wonderin’
what was goin' to happen
next, a blue streak shot
past me, headin’ for th’
open hatchway. Blow me if
it wasn’t Kangy, ridin’ a
tuna as big as a horse.
Down th ’ hatchway bounc
ed th’ tuna, with Kangy
stickin’ to his back.
Just about then th’ last
of th’ big fish flopped over
th’ side into th’ sea, and all
hands but th’ man at th’
wheel made for th ’ hold to
see what had happened to
Kangy. I’ll be ainghusted
if there wasn’t th’ tuna,
dead, and perched on his
back was Kangy, wigglin’
his whiskers, and as pleased
as a cat with two tails.
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