out-on-the-ocean

Updated: May 16, 2025

"She'll have to make new maps, then," said Turly, "after we have come back from our voyages." They pottered about in the boat for a while, talking make-believe out-on-the-ocean talk, hauling sails and working the helm. Turly was captain, and Terry had to be the entire crew. At last Turly said: "We don't sail a bit; we only joggle. Do you think I might untie the rope?"

Rosa M. (Rosa Mulholland) Gilbert - Terry: Or, She ought to have been a Boy