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The Bobbsey Twins at Home by Laura Lee Hope
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wrecked."

"Oh, please tell us about it!" begged Freddie. "I just love stories
about the ocean; don't you, Flossie?"

"Yes, I do."

"I'm going to be a sea captain when I grow up," said Freddie. "Tell us
about your father, Tommy."

So while the train rushed on Tommy Todd told his sad little story.




CHAPTER II

A SUDDEN STOP


"I don't remember my father very well," said Tommy Todd. "I was real
little when he went away. That was just after my mother died. My
grandmother took care of me. I just remember a big man with black hair
and whiskers, taking me up in his arms, and kissing me good-bye. That
was my father, my grandmother told me afterward."

"What made him go away from you?" asked Flossie. "Didn't he like to stay
at home?"

"I guess maybe he did," said Tommy. "But he couldn't stay. He was a sea
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