The other two ran to carry out the orders, folding up the curtains against the bed-posts as fast as they could. But they were just too late!
In that moment the full force of the gale burst upon them.
It wrenched the curtains from their hands and tore them to shreds! It blew Tibbs from the main-mast, and whirled him far up into the air! It beat upon the sea till the waves rose up in anger, and the peaceful ocean became a fury of troubled waters!
The old Bed struggled bravely to keep her head above the waves, but she could not be expected to swim in such a gale.
After floating about helplessly for some time, she slowly sank beneath the angry sea.
Coppertop clung to the bulgy pillow, which floated like a raft, and Kiddiwee took refuge upon one of the carved bed-posts, which had been broken off by the first blast of the gale, and floated away on the waves.
Soon the great mountains of water hid them from each other, and Coppertop was all alone.