R an gy, my kangaroo pal, and S in goot, my m onkey friend w ere cru isin ’ w ith me in th ’ schooner Ia»nui, th sk ip p er bein' T o p s’l Barney, an old sh ip m ate. One day, in th ’ C hina Sea. w e w ere becalm ed near a pretty is ­ land. So R angy, S ingoot and I decided to do a little e x ­ plorin'. Soon ’s w e landed wa headed in to th ’ thick ju n g le . W ell s ’r, we'd Just step p ed out in to a little o p ­ en sp o t w hen ou t o f a bunch o f trees on th ’ oth er sid e o f th ’ c le a r in ’ cam e a roar. W e w ere w onderin’ w hat w as up when ou t o f th ’ trees ju m p ed an ape. and right a fte r him a big, savage crocodile. I w a s p u ttie d , for th a t a p e w as th ’ liv in ’ im age o f W oogie, an a p e th a t 1 had once m ade frien d s w ith w hen 1 had been c a st aw ay on an Island in th ’ C hina S ea. By g ra v y ! It cam e to me then th at this m ust be th ’ sam e island, and th a t th ’ ape w as really W oogie, m y old p a l! And th at «lodgastcd crocod ile wan try in ’ to catch him to make a m eal o f him ' W ith my gun ready, ami R angy and S in goot by my aide, I tore a fte r th a t croco­ dile. W oogie w a sn ’t go in ’ to be gobbled up by that u gly critter if I could help. Then w e saw th* crocodile, ju st about to pounce on W oogie. 1 w as liftin ' my gun to sh oot th ’ critter when I trip p ed on a rock and bang when m y gun. When I g ot th ’ d irt out of my ey es and looked around 1 11 be d iu gb u st if R angy, S in g o o t and W oogie didn’t have th a t crocod ile pinned to th ’ ground. I cu t a piece o f tough vine and in a jiffy we had him tied so tig h t he co u ld n ’t grunt. W oogie w as so glad to see me again th at he danced around and a l­ m ost cried. Later wc hitched th* crocod ile to th ’ boat and m ade him tow us for a Jong ride 1 N Q T H \H o o tH * t-tK C ske * w o t ' s > M Z»' KO\XZ VZOT sSZOX -------( S I N K OH H t f c . 6 FOV<