“Nope, old Davy Jones hasn’t got me in his locker yet.”
“What happened? Where’ve you been?”
Li grinned. “I fell overboard. I’d just let go the anchor when my foot got caught and I went over. A current caught me and carried me away from the boat. The anchor must have dragged for quite a distance before it caught, because when I finally made shore, the yawl wasn’t in sight.”
“Where’d you land? The other side of that lava cliff?”
“Yep. And there was no way to get over it.”
“I know that. I walked down the beach to the cliff, but it can’t be climbed from this side, either.”
Both boys were silent for a minute, thinking about their narrow escape.
“So what did you do, Li?”
“I started up the cliff, the side of it. I had to find some way of getting over it, hoping to find you safe on the other side.”
“Yes, go on.”