“Look, will you?” exclaimed the Captain. “There are those animals I locked in the cabin quietly lying on deck. One-Eyed Dick must have let them out. I’ll fix him for disobeying orders!”
But when he came aboard there was no One-Eyed Dick to be found.
“So-ho! When we left, Dick must have decided to go too and while he was away these animals have broken out of the cabin.”
While the Captain was talking, his wife had gone below to take a look at the cabin and find out if possible how they got out. She found, as you know, everything kicked and scratched to pieces and the door smashed to bits. She called to the Captain to come see what had happened. But just as he was leaving the deck he saw old One-Eyed Dick running toward the boat, all excitement.
“What is up, Dick? And why are you running?”
“Come quick! Come quick! I am on the track of the three of them!”
“Three what?” asked the Captain.
“Why, the runaway animals! Don’t stop! Don’t stop to talk a moment or we will never catch them! I’ve been all day trying to get track of them and now I have, come quick or we will never lay eyes on them again!”
“Are you crazy, man, wanting me to run find animals that are already found?”
“What do you mean?” asked Dick.