chain and anchor,everything,'said John.'it's all gone.'
'John,'cried susan.'we're adrift!'and then,at the top of her voice she shouted,'Jim! help! help!'
'shut up!' shouted John angrily.'he can't hear you! Quick! we've got to get the other anchor into thewater.'
he looked at the second anchor which lay in two pieces on the deck.'get some rope while I get the anchor ready.'
the second anchor,called a 'kedge' anchor, was in two parts which had to be fixed together.John wasn't sure how to do it,and it wasn't easy,but when Susan came back with a long piece of rope,he was ready.
John fixed the rope very,very carefully to the kedge anchor; he didn't want to lose two of Jim's anchors.it was heavy,too heavy for John .alone.