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The children get a pry. They succeed in turning over the boat.

 

 

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“Could not we pry it over ? ” said Caroline.

“Yes,” said Phonny, “if we only had a pry.”

As Phonny said this, Carole put her hand under the
boat at the end, and took hold of the handle of an oar.
She pulled the oar out, saying,

“This oar will do for a pry.”

Caroline presently pulled out another oar. The chil-
dren immediately began to use these oars for pries.
Phonny took one and Caroline the other. They had
considerable difficulty at first In getting the oars under
the edge of the boat, in such a way as to get. them, as
Phonny expressed it, “to take a hold.” They, however,
at length succeeded, and the side of the boat began
slowly to rise. As fast as they got the edge of the boat
up Malleville would keep it up by putting stones under.

By patient perseverance in this course,—both Phonny
and Caroline stopping occasionally in their prying to help
Malleville in the blocking up,—the children succeeded at
length in raising the edge of the boat that was farthest
from the water, nearly a foot from the ground.

“Now,” said Phonny, “I believe we can heave it over
with our hands.”

So they all took hold again with their hands. They
succeeded in lifting it, and by one vigorous effort they
raised it up so high that it rolled over and came right
side up, all ready to be launched into the water.

The launching was not very difficult, for the boat, in
the process of being turned over, was rolled out so far
that about half the length of it was already in the water.
Phonny untied the painter, and they all took hold of the
bow of the boat and pushed it mto the cove. There was
a log upon the shore near by, which formed a sort of