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"Uh, Kate, where do you get the nails for this thing, again?", Anthony asked.
"I told you, I found them in Dad's shop."
"I told you not to take anything from Dad's shop! I could have gotten Stephen to get the nails."
"There were a million nails in that jar! Dad's got plenty left."
The two children were in front of their house with a few of their friends and were waiting for the rest of the group to return with the rest of their materials. They were going to build a ship to use in their game. It had been a boy named Billy's idea. Everyone had been assigned to get something that they needed for the boat. The people getting the wood and the people getting the rope had already come back, and that was about half of everyone. I about half an hour, the rest of the boys had returned.
"It looks like we have everything.", said Stephen
"Then lets get going, I have a lesson in an hour.", Kate said.
"You never cared about your lessons before.", said Billy.
"Well, now I do. If I don't go to my lesson's, I don't get to go to Anthony's."
All the children set to work. With about half an hour left before Kate's lesson, they had finished the base and had put up the mast. Just then Will walked by them, on his way to work.
"What are you all doing?", he asked suspiciously.
"Building a ship.", Kate said, as she finished tying a knot.
"Well, don't overwork yourself, young lady. You have lessons in half an hour and remember our deal."
"I know Daddy."
Will wished them luck and continued down the road.
"Hurry, we still have to add the sail and the rudder's.", Kate yelled.
In about fifteen minutes, they had finished their crude sea vessel. It looked like a small raft, apart from the fact that there were wheels on the bottom so it could be move on the grass.
"It looks great!", said Billy.
"I wonder if it floats?", said a boy named John.
"Let's find out.", suggested Kate, "I don't have to leave for another fifteen minutes. That should be enough time for us to bring it to the docks and back up again."
"And what if it doesn't float?", said Anthony
"We'll just make a new one. We have plenty more materials, right guy's.", said a boy named Matthew. All the boy's nodded in agreement.
"OK, but hold onto it tight. You guy's put a lot of grease on those wheels.", Anthony agreed.
Very carefully, the group started to roll their craft down the road leading to the gate of the Swan house. Stephen was feeling a little nervous, being the only person in the group who couldn't swim. He was thinking about how he could tell this to everyone without seeming stupid, when he lost his footing. The road was on a slant, so he was sent falling downwards and his chest was rammed into the back of their boat. He hit with such force that it was pulled out of the hands of the five other people hanging onto it and went rolling down the road on it's own.
"Oh no! We have to catch it before gets to the gate!", Anthony yelled.
The group ran after the runaway craft and Billy reached it a few yards away from the gate. He grabbed the edge and tried to stop it by running his heels into the cobblestones, but he was only strong enough to slow it down a little. As he hung on hopelessly, he had an idea. Billy grasped the rudder and pulled himself onto the raft.
"Billy, what the heck are you doing?", John yelled.
"I've got an idea.", Billy yelled back, "Come closer, so I can pull you on."
The group ran faster a soon caught up with Billy. He held out his had and began pulling up boys on at a time. The raft zoomed past the gate as Kate was pulled up last. As it ran through the town, the craft was gaining speed. It almost ran over a few people as it passed some shops.
"Everyone, put your feet over the edge and dig your heels into the ground.", Billy ordered.
Everyone put their feet over the edge and when Billy counted to three, they slammed their heels against the cobblestones. Almost at once, the boat came to a complete stop. The children all gave huge sighs of relief.
"That was close.", said Kate.
"Yeah", everyone agreed as they tried to get off their raft. But none of them made it off, because the second they took their feet off the ground, it started moving again. The greasy wheels turned faster and faster. The children were overcome with panic and they started to scream as their raft took them speeding down the road to the docks.
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"Hey, where are my nails?" Will Turner had just walked into his shop about half an hour ago and had just realized that about 30 of his nails had gone missing. He was wondering where they could have gone, when he heard screams coming from up the street. He ran to the window and saw the raft zooming toward the docks followed by a splash. "They wouldn't.", he thought remembering that morning, "They would.", he moaned to himself. He grabbed his jacket and ran out the door and toward the water.
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"Well, at least we know it floats.", said John.
The raft was floating, with everyone safely aboard, in the middle of the harbor. Many people had gathered at the dock to watch the display. However, just as John said this, water started to leak through the bottom boards.
"Perfect.", growl Anthony, as water filled the raft, "Just perfect."
"It's OK Anthony, a pirate always goes down with his ship.", said Kate. Her brother threw her a dirty look. "OR they swim to shore.", she corrected herself quickly.
Everyone jumped off the sinking vessel and swam to shore, Anthony and Billy dragging Stephen along by his shirt. They were about three feet away from the dock, when Will came pushing his way though the crowd and he and a few others pulled the children onto dry land.
"Are you alright?", Will asked everyone, as many women came running toward them and wrapped the sailors in blankets they'd brought.
"We're fine, Dad.", Kate replied, "But I have to get to my lessons now, so I'll just-"
"Hold it.", His said, putting a hand firmly on her shoulder, "you still have five minutes left, and that's just enough time for me to dole out punishments to a certain group of children who disrupted the entire town."
All the children groaned.
DO YOU LOVE IT! Well, that was the new chapter, I hope you like it. Reviews are appreciated.
