. Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies. hatlevel place we were looking at and it ought to beeasy to raise it a couple of feet. When it came to the actual building of the dam,William found that his experience was much morereliable than Henrys theory, but they got alongsplendidly together, and soon had the work com-pleted. Edna was a little timid at first, but after afew attempts she became braver than her progresswarranted. Her example evidently had a power-ful effect on Snowball, who stood watching her onthe bank opposite the deepest part. Snowball sim
. Three young Crusoes, their life and adventures on an island in the West Indies. hatlevel place we were looking at and it ought to beeasy to raise it a couple of feet. When it came to the actual building of the dam,William found that his experience was much morereliable than Henrys theory, but they got alongsplendidly together, and soon had the work com-pleted. Edna was a little timid at first, but after afew attempts she became braver than her progresswarranted. Her example evidently had a power-ful effect on Snowball, who stood watching her onthe bank opposite the deepest part. Snowball sim! they heard him exclaim, as he38 Edna Takes Swimming Lessons 39 leaped into the water, wildly waving his arms andlegs. His violent efforts availed him little, how-ever, for he sank almost immediately and then cameup spitting water and splashing worse than ever. Snowball sim, he insisted, as they hauled him upon the bank to dry out. Edna continued her lessons and learned rapidly,so that she finally outgrew the little swimming-holeand went with the boys down to the beach, where. Fig. 12. After a years constant practice, Edna was an easy and gracful swimmer like Annette Kellerman or any other mermaid. 40 Three Young Crusoes there was easier and better swimming and the waterwas warmer. When it came to floating, she ex-celled them all. Lying flat on her back, gentlyrocked by the waves, she would watch the whiteclouds floating across the blue sky and dream of thebright day coming when a big white ship would comeand take them home. Meanwhile, however, she wasthankful and happy and was learning many usefulthings. Perhaps, at home, she might never havelearned to swim or to float. The boys also taught Edna to swim with her eyesopen beneath the water so that she could see thewonderful sea gardens on the bottom, where littlecoral animals worked away at their building andseaweeds of many colors grew and brilliant fisheswent sailing by. A whole new world of strikingbeauty was thus revealed
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