I did the same with the other child; and we then returned to the boat;
and the men having partly recovered, pulled slowly back.
The children, as we learned when we afterwards had the delight of
returning them to their parents, were playing on the ice, and had
ventured on the cake.
A movement of the tide set the ice in motion, and the little fellows
were borne away on that cold night, and would certainly have perished,
had not Mr. Larkin seen them as the ice was sweeping out to sea.
"How do you feel?" I said to the mate, the next morning after this
adventure.
"A little stiff in the arms, captain," the noble fellow replied, while
the big tears of grateful happiness gushed from his eyes--"a little
stiff in the arms, captain, but very easy here," and he laid his hand on
his manly heart.
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Language Lesson.--Change the following _commands_ to _statements_.
Take the other oar. Don't give up!
Give the meaning of the word _lads_ in the third and fourth lines of
page 152, and in the fourth line of page 154.[09]
Make out an _analysis_ of the lesson, and use it in telling the story
in your own words.
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