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DRAGGING a ship through the sea is hard work. And after two or three hours the swallows began to get tired in the wings and short of breath.
Then they sent a message down to the Doctor to say that they would have to take a rest soon; and that they would pull the boat over to an island not far off, and hide it in a deep bay till they had got breath enough to go on.