Chapter 16

           Afterdinnerallthegangturnedouttohuntforturtleeggsonthebar. Theywentaboutpokingsticksintothesand,andwhentheyfoundasoftplacetheywentdownontheirkneesanddugwiththeirhands. Sometimestheywouldtakefiftyorsixtyeggsoutofonehole. TheywereperfectlyroundwhitethingsatriflesmallerthananEnglishwalnut. Theyhadafamousfried-eggfeastthatnight,andanotheronFridaymorning. 

           Afterbreakfasttheywentwhoopingandprancingoutonthebar,andchasedeachotherroundandround,sheddingclothesastheywent,untiltheywerenaked, andthencontinuedthefrolicfarawayuptheshoalwaterofthebar,againstthestiffcurrent,whichlattertrippedtheirlegsfromunderthemfromtimetotimeandgreatlyincreasedthefun. Andnowandthentheystoopedinagroupandsplashedwaterineachother’sfaceswiththeirpalms,graduallyapproachingeachother,withavertedfacestoavoidthestranglingsprays,andfinallygrippingandstrugglingtillthebestmanduckedhisneighbor, andthentheyallwentunderinatangleofwhitelegsandarmsandcameupblowing,sputtering,laughing,andgaspingforbreathatoneandthesametime. 

           Whentheywerewellexhausted,theywouldrunoutandsprawlonthedry,hotsand,andliethereandcoverthemselvesupwithit,andbyandbybreakforthewateragainandgothroughtheoriginalperformanceoncemore. Finallyitoccurredtothemthattheirnakedskinrepresentedflesh-colored"tights"veryfairly; sotheydrewaringinthesandandhadacircuswiththreeclownsinit,fornonewouldyieldthisproudestposttohisneighbor. 

           Nexttheygottheirmarblesandplayed"knucks"and"ring-taw"and"keeps"tillthatamusementgrewstale. 

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