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They traveled on for several days, close to the river, until Nibbles suggested that it would be more fun and easier to sail than to walk.
They at once began to make a little raft with willow twigs and bits of birch bark, and to prevent the water coming through, they filled up the cracks with clay. The big bandanna handkerchief they used as a sail, and with his jack-knife Nibbles whittled out a nice little rudder.