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"Vy didn't you tole me dot pefore, hey? I guess I don't schwim no more." And he started to climb up a rope ladder leading to the deck of the houseboat. "Don't go, Hans!" sang out Songbird. "They are fooling you." "Dere ton't been no sharks in der river?" "No, nothing but sawfish and whales." "A vale! Dot's chust so bad like a shark." "No, not at all. A shark bites.
Shoo! Kick! Den I schwim! Gott un himmel! Vot a goundry!" "Where did you get aboard the ship?" asked Jack. "Hongkong." "What's your name?" "Hans Christensohnstopf " "Never mind the rest of it," laughed Jack. "I'll call you Hans. How long have you been here?" Hans ran his hands around his waist as if counting time by the number of meals he had missed. "Month," he finally said.
"Where are you stopping?" Hans explained that there was one English trader in the place, and that he was giving him about half what he needed to eat and a place to sleep in return for about ten hours work each day. "Do you want to get away?" asked Jack. "Aindt it?" cried Hans. "I think I'm foolish to stay here. You schwim here?"
Of dis keeps on much longer der whole camp vos in der schwim, ain't it!" "I reckon we're in the swim already," broke in Sam. "Some of us had better bring the rowboats up." The high wind lasted for fully half an hour and during that time six of the tents were literally blown to ribbons, while many others suffered to a lesser extent.
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