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quite a contrast to what they had been eating on 

 the boat, so they decided not to go back for the 

 hardtack just yet. 



After Snowball had thoroughly gorged himself, 

 he set out toward the kitchen and, climbing into 

 the bed there, soon fell asleep. This set the others to 

 thinking, so they returned to the house and divided 

 out the rooms. Edna chose one looking out on the 

 garden, because she loved to see the sun in her win- 

 dow in the morning; while the boys took the two rooms 

 on the west side looking out on the grove. The re- 

 maining room was to be a sittingroom for them all. 

 The furniture in the various rooms was much the 

 same: a wooden cot in the corner covered with a 

 cushion of matting filled with sugarcane leaves; a 

 small table made of a section sawed from a log and 

 fitted to the top of a post; and the trunk of a small 

 tree placed upright in the ground, with several 

 small forks to hang things on. 



Edna hung up her knitting-bag, took off her hat, 

 and combed her hair. She was afraid to look in her 

 looking-glass after all she had been through that 

 day. Besides, she was tired and sleepy and wanted 

 only to rest. The bed felt more comfortable than 

 it looked. After all, it was so much better than 

 tossing about the ocean in a hard lifeboat and it 



