“And my two-tailed toad,” added the professor.
“And, perhaps, the poor scientist,” spoke Bob softly. “I—I hope he hasn’t starved to death.”
[CHAPTER XXIII]
THE BOAT IN THE RAPIDS
“Well, boys, we’re here at last,” remarked Jerry, after a while, when they had traversed some length of the canyon in the airship. “We’re here after a lot of hard work, and the next question is, what are we going to do; now that we are on the ground?”
“Go to Snake Island at once,” suggested Ned.
“Eat,” advised Bob, who had started to get a meal, but who had come back to the cabin, to wait while some of the things cooked.
“Chunky’s infallible recipe whenever anything goes wrong,” commented Jerry. “Still it wouldn’t be a bad idea. We can talk it over while we’re eating, and decide what’s best to be done.”
“What’s the matter with going at once to the island?” asked Ned. “I thought that was what we came here for.”