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This procedure was not quite right on Phonny's part. It is not right to abandon one's party under such circumstances as these, for the sake of some new pleasure accidentally coming into view, which the whole party cannot share. Besides, Phonny left his dipper for Mary Erskine or Malleville to carry up, instead of taking care of it himself.
"He was afraid," replied Beechnut, "that his chest might be broken open, or unlocked by false keys, on the voyage, and that the money might be thus stolen away; so he thought that he would try to hide it somewhere in some small thing that he could keep with him all the voyage." "Could not he keep his chest with him all the voyage?" asked Phonny.
"What a wonderful voyage you had, Beechnut!" said Phonny. "But I never knew before that you were shipwrecked." "Well, in point of fact," replied Beechnut, "I never was shipwrecked." "Never was!" exclaimed Phonny. "Why, what is all this story that you have been telling us, then?" "Embellishment," said Beechnut quietly. "Embellishment!" repeated Phonny, more and more amazed. "Yes," said Beechnut.
Malleville was afraid to get into the cart at all, but preferred walking along the field and playing among the winrows. Phonny drove along from place to place as Thomas directed him, until at length the cart was so full that it was no longer safe for the children to remain upon the top. They then slid down the hay to the ground, Thomas receiving them so as to prevent any violent fall.
"I want to have it true," said Madeline, "and interesting, too." "But sometimes," replied Beechnut, "interesting things don't happen, and in such cases, if we should only relate what actually does happen, the story would be likely to be dull." "I think you had better embellish the story a little," said Phonny "just a little, you know." "I don't think I can do that very well," replied Beechnut.
"It is a great mountain of ice," replied Beechnut, "floating about in the sea on the top of the water. I don't know how it comes to be there." "I should not think it would float upon the top of the water," said Phonny. "All the ice that I ever saw in the water sinks into it." "It does not sink to the bottom," said Madeline.
What interested Phonny most in these operations, was to see how patiently the oxen bore being driven about in the deep mire, and the prodigious strength which they exerted in pulling out the logs.
A great many of the passengers were afraid to go in this way, but they were still more afraid to remain on board the ship." "What were they afraid of?" asked Phonny. "They were afraid," replied Beechnut, "that the shocks of the seas would soon break the ship to pieces, and then they would all be thrown into the sea together.
They made themselves ready immediately after breakfast, and then went and sat down upon the step of the door, waiting for Beechnut to appear. Beechnut was in the barn, harnessing the horse into the wagon. Malleville sat down quietly upon the step while waiting for Beechnut. Phonny began to amuse himself by climbing up the railing of the bannisters, at the side of the stairs.
"What a wonderful voyage you had, Beechnut!" said Phonny. "But I never knew before that you were shipwrecked." "Well, in point of fact," replied Beechnut, "I never was shipwrecked." "Never was!" exclaimed Phonny. "Why, what is all this story that you have been telling us, then?" "Embellishment," said Beechnut quietly. "Embellishment!" repeated Phonny, more and more amazed. "Yes," said Beechnut.
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