IV

THE next morning Tommy got up very
early and packed some things for the
voyage-—an extra pair of socks, some toffee,
his nightey, a top, some string, a box of
matches, a night light, ‘‘ Robinson Crusoe,”
some of Skelt’s characters in ‘The Miller
and his Men,’ and a white mouse. One
never knows what one may require on a
voyage; and these things would be certain
to be useful in emergencies.

Then Tommy crept in on tip-toe and
kissed his mother while she slept; and
winked confidentially at his father who had
woke early in order to see the last of him,
and now slipped half-a-crown into his hand
for any expenses that might occur at the
North Pole.

Tommy went down to his ark, and slid it

257 R