“Members of the crew,” said Captain Gordon, with an appreciative glance at each in turn, “we pulled it off!”
The captain never wasted words, they all knew, so they were doubly delighted when he added, “I'm proud of you.”
“I think it must really have been raining,” said the girl who had brought her little sister along. “I'm soaked, that's for sure.”
She was right. The real storm had broken and moved on,
and no one was more surprised than she to find that she had completely forgotten to be scared of the thunder and lightning while sailing aboard the Argo.
The children spent some time discussing their adventurous voyage and swapping personal experiences.
Then they said goodbye and went home to dry off.
The only person slightly dissatisfied with the outcome of the game was the boy who wore glasses.
Before leaving, he said to Momo, “I still think it was a shame to sink the Teetotum elasticum, just like that.”
“The last surviving specimen of its kind, imagine! I do wish I could have taken a closer look at it.”
But on one point they were all agreed: the games they played with Momo were more fun than any others.
FOUR: TWO SPECIAL FRIENDS
전체재생
다음페이지
문장검색