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92 THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON
Before retiring I made up the brushwood the boys had gathered into heaps, and set fire to several of them, and then threw myself contentedly upon my hammock. The lads were already in theirs, but we soon heard them grumbling at being obliged to lie so close to each other. I called out mockingly, that they were much better off than many sailors, and that unless beds dropped from the clouds, they must put up with it; whereupon they ceased, and being really tired by their long day in the open air, they were soon asleep. |
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