then they heard another sound,like a deep bell.
'that's the Beach End bouy,'said Jim.'time to turn back.'
but there was no wind at all to bring them back,and the tide continued to carry the Goblin towards the Beach End buoy and the open sea.
'all right,'said Jim,'we've got to use the engine.'
'can I be engineer?'asked Roger.
'all right,Roger.start the engine.'
nearer and nearer came the sound of the Beach End buoy,but soon they heard the sound of the engine.Quickly the Goblin turned and began to move slowly against the tide.
'what happens if the engine doesn't start?'asked Titty.
'Without the engine,we would just go on out to sea,'said Jim.'not far,because the tide'll turn soon and bring us back.but I promised your mother we wouldn't go outside the harbour.'
'we all promised,'said Susan,looking back over the stern of the boat to where the Beach End buoy was now lost in the fog.From further out at sea came the long,low sound,'Beu...eueueueueu...'of the foghorn on the Cork lightship to cook the rest of breakfast.'
already the Goblin was moving away from the mouth of the harbour.Roger looked down into the cabin where Susan was cooking eggs.Suddenly they looked at each other
then they heard another sound,like a deep bell.
'that's the Beach End bouy,'said Jim.'time to turn back.'
but there was no wind at all to bring them back,and the tide continued to carry the Goblin towards the Beach End buoy and the open sea.
'all right,'said Jim,'we've got to use the engine.'
'can I be engineer?'asked Roger.
'all right,Roger.start the engine.'
nearer and nearer came the sound of the Beach End buoy,but soon they heard the sound of the engine.Quickly the Goblin turned and began to move slowly against the tide.
'what happens if the engine doesn't start?'asked Titty.
'Without the engine,we would just go on out to sea,'said Jim.'not far,because the tide'll turn soon and bring us back.but I promised your mother we wouldn't go outside the harbour.'
'we all promised,'said Susan,looking back over the stern of the boat to where the Beach End buoy was now lost in the fog.From further out at sea came the long,low sound,'Beu...eueueueueu...'of the foghorn on the Cork lightship to cook the rest of breakfast.'
already the Goblin was moving away from the mouth of the harbour.Roger looked down into the cabin where Susan was cooking eggs.Suddenly they looked at each other
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