"No," said Beechnut. "On the contrary, I feel all the better for my ride. I believe I will sit up a little while."
So saying, he raised himself in the wagon and sat up, and began to look about him.
"What a wonderful voyage you had, Beechnut!" said Phonny. "But I never knew before that you were shipwrecked."
"Well, in point of fact," replied Beechnut, "I never was shipwrecked."
"Never was!" exclaimed Phonny. "Why, what is all this story that you have been telling us, then?"
"Embellishment," said Beechnut quietly.
"Embellishment!" repeated Phonny, more and more amazed.
"Yes," said Beechnut.
"Then you were not wrecked at all?" said Phonny.