again the little tongue came out and this time the cat took the milk,and opened its mouth for more.after a few minutes,with more milk from Susan's finger,the little cat opened its eyes and closed them again.then it opened its mouth and made a small noise...miaow.
'it's going to be all right,'said Roger.
'let's call it sinbad,'said Titty.'like sinbad the sailor in the story.'
she and Roger went on giving sinbad milk while susan went up on deck to help John put on more sail.overhead there was a lot of banging and shoutting for a while,and then suddenly the Goblin was moving faster through the water.sinbad,now warm and dry and full of milk,took a few careful steps along the floor.
just then john's face appeared at the cabin door.
'come and look,'he called.'we've got fishing boats ahead.'Roger and Tiity,carrying their new passenger with them,came up into the cockpit.