"Well," said Laddie soberly, "you've got to want it a lot before you get
rescued, Mun Bun. Castaways have to drink the ocean and eat their shoes
before anybody rescues them."

At this Mun Bun set up a wail. It seemed that his shoes were brand new
and he was very proud of them. He would not consider eating them for a
moment!

"Never mind," said Rose, hugging him. "If you get so very hungry before
Russ rescues us, you can chew on your belt. That is what Laddie means."

Mun Bun observed his belt with round eyes. It seemed to him, and he
confessed it to Rose, that he would have to be awfully hungry to chew
that belt. The others entered into the spirit of the play and when Vi
chanced to step off the raft her twin and Margy seized her and screamed.

"You'll be drowned, Vi Bunker!" said Margy.

"You'll more than get your feet wet if you don't stay on the raft," her
twin scolded. "And, then, maybe there are sharks."

"Sharks?" put in Margy.

"Yes, big sharks."

"What do they do?" asked Margy, who had not heard so much about this
castaway play as the older children.

"Big fish," said Laddie promptly.