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When Tommy was questioned on the following morning as to his inducement to get into the boat, to their great surprise he replied, that he wanted to go round to the tents again, to see if the bananas were ripe; that he intended to eat some of them and be back before dinner-time, that he might not be found out.
"I suspect, Tommy, you would have been very hungry before you ate any bananas if we had not perceived you," said Ready.