The Dung Beetle (18)

The Dung Beetle (18)

  There were currents in the water and they carried the wooden shoe along.

  When it got out too far, one of the boys would roll up his trousers ― both boys were barefooted ー and wake out to bring the shoe nearer the shore.

  Suddenly, while the shoe was quite far out, almost in the centre of the pond, someone called the boys, called them in so stern a voice that they forgot all about the shoe and ran home as fast as they could.

  The wooden shoe drifted on and on.
  The dung beetle shuddered with fear, for he couldn't fly away, tethered  as he was to the mast. 

  A fly came to keep him company.
  " Lovely weather, don't you agree ? I think I'll rest here for a moment in the sun. A very comfortable place you have here. "

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