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"Maybe it’ll rain," Haood," Ox said in a gloomy voice "We’d better find some land, and we’d better find it fast; otherwise" He left it up in the air, but the others got his drift

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The crew of the Seagull was on short rations for the next few days, but then, on a steel greybefore the sun rose, Kaldo Tree-Top, the tallest man aboard, shouted, "Land ho!" fro sh seven feet tall, saw it quite clearly

"Are you sure?" Haly lookout

"Real sure," Tree-Top called back "Two points off the port bow, and three, ues away"

"Go wake Ox," Ha nearby

"He don’t like to get woke up this early," Rabbit replied "It rouchy"

"Just kick his foot and then run," Haot your name, isn’t it?"

"I can outrun my own shadow," Rabbit boasted, "but if I happen to trip and fall, old Ox’ll tromp on me for the rest of the day"

"Shinny up the ood I need to let him know that we’re about to make a landfall"

"I’d really druther not, Hae fist and held it in front of Rabbit’s nose "I’d do a quick turnabout on my druthers if I was you, Rabbit," he said o and do as you’re told"

"Don’t get excited," Rabbit said, backing away "I’"

Ox, however, surprised Rabbit with a sudden burst of enthusiasreat deal of food and drink because of his size, so an unexpected landfall brightened his entire day

The Seagull was at least as fast as her namesake, and by the time the sun came up, the coast ahead was clearly visible "Go tell the cap’n that we’ve made a landfall, Rabbit," Ox commanded

"Why me?" Rabbit whined

"Because I said so Don’t stand around and argue with o"

"Aye," Rabbit replied sullenly

"He spends a lot of his ti, don’t he?" Hah," Ox replied "He’s sort of tiot a real wide streak of cautious that runs down his back, but if you lean on him some, he’ll do like you tell him--sooner or later"