By-and-by the sun went down, and when the moon rose the little river had changed into a big one, and the tiny boat still floated down the middle of it, on and on, all through the night, and during the whole of the next day; and discovering that nothing terrible befell them, the three paper dolls began to grow quite contented with their life of constant change; and when they sailed down past the great city, with its many piers, big steamers, middle-sized ferry-boats, and little tugs, they forgot all about being frightened, so interested were they in gazing at the strange sights about them.
And thus they floated down the harbor, out at the Narrows, and so into the great broad ocean, and there they may be drifting to this very day.
At any rate, the girls say they are going to keep a good look-out for them when they go to Europe.
Honolulu, Sandwich Islands.