of blue water between him and the shore!

The strip grew wider while he looked at it! Menie knew that he
was adrift on an ice raft, and he was terribly frightened. Nip
and Tup cuddled close to him and whined with fear.

Menie understood perfectly well that he might be carried far out
to sea and never come back any more. He put his hands to his
mouth and yelled with all his might!

Koko was still following the birds, and did not hear Menie's
cries. Menie could see him running up the beach after the birds,
and he could see his father working over his kyak near his home.

He even saw Monnie come out of the tunnel and go to watch her
father at his work. They seemed very far away, and every moment
the distance between them and the raft grew greater.

Menie screamed again and again. At the third scream he saw his
father straighten up, shade his eyes with his hand, and look out
to sea.

"Oh," Menie thought. "What if he shouldn't see me!" He shouted
louder than ever! He waved his arms! He even pinched the tails of
Nip and Tup and made them bark. Then he saw his father wave his
hand and dive into the tunnel.

In another instant he was out again and pulling on his skin coat.
Then he took the kyak on his shoulders and ran with it to the
beach. Monnie and Koolee came running after him.