“We’ll lose our money if we do that,” Ted said, “but I guess that can’t be helped.” Suddenly Ted looked fearful. “Dad did leave the check-book, didn’t he?”
“Yes, he left it,” his mother assured him with a smile.
“Pops is coming out here tonight for a visit,” Randy said. “Now that you and Jill are going on the trip, Ted, I think I’ll ask Pops to let me go along too!”
“That’ll be great!” Ted said. “All three of us will go together.”
The next morning the children got Yank up at an early hour so that he could go off to school with them.
“You’d better be on your good behavior today,” Jill warned the color bear as they climbed into the boat. “If you cut up like you do in the house, Mr. Garland may flunk us!”
Yank looked at her solemnly as though he understood. But then his broad mouth widened in a grin as if he were telling the girl that he had no intention of taking her remarks seriously! As soon as the boat moved down the waterway, Yank stood up.
“Sit down, Yank,” Randy told him. “You’re rocking the boat!”
Yank paid no attention to this reproof. He was enjoying himself.
“Stop him!” Jill squealed. “He’ll turn us over!”