Went Out to See the World 29 
dashed against a huge rock which partly 
blocked its path, or glided swiftly over 
shallow rapids. 
All night long Sammy kept on his 
way, and all the time he felt that 
he was gradually going down, down, 
down, as the stream crept towards the 
sea. 
The next morning he found himself in 
a strange country. The little stream down 
which he had been traveling had become 
a river. There were houses here and 
there on the shores, cultivated fields and 
pasture-lands, and in some places cattle 
browsed on the banks, or stood knee-deep 
in the water. 
The strange sights and sounds filled 
Sammy with awe, and something like 
fear. He kept carefully in deep water 
and occasionally hid under a rock when 
he saw a big, strange fish approaching, 
