little spot of land with a tree on it. There were lots of apple trees
all around there near the shore. We didn't know that orchard belonged
to old Trimmer."

"He thinks he owns the whole river," said Pee-wee.

"That little spot of land stuck out sort of like a balcony on account
of it being near the bend of the river; the river coming around the
bend sort of scooped a place out underneath it; it was all
under-mined----"

"I know what happened! I know what happened!" Pee-wee shouted. "I
know the place, it was nice and shady underneath it and you could go
under it in a canoe; lots of times I did."

"Well, you never will any more," said Roly Poly.

"Go on, tell me! Go on, tell me!" Pee-wee encouraged excitedly.

"There was a pole sticking out of the water right near there,"
Pee-wee's new friend continued, "and we thought it meant there was good
fishing there. So I said I'd go and see if I could catch a couple of
eels and sunfish or something. While I was out at the edge of that
little knob of land or whatever you want to call it, all of a sudden I
could feel something giving way under me and the first thing I knew the
whole business was in the water.

"Oh, you should have heard those fellows laugh as I went sailing down
the river. That was about ten o'clock this morning and the tide was
running down strong. This little old island flopped around and went