THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WELL

Chapter 16 – page 4

What they were building on the wooden floor of the ferry, just beyond one of the gang planks, was like a wooden horse trailer affair. This ferry was so large it had a gang plank at both ends and one in the middle. They were building the contraption on top of the ferry at the middle one. A frame was being put together and it was beginning to look like a box. J was greatly interested in carpentry, and leant a helping hand wherever he could. He found his tape measure again, and like all smart boys, he began measuring the box and then taking the tape still stretched out that length, to measure the horses, so see if they would fit. Mobe asked him what he was doing, for they WERE talking horses, you know. "Oh nothing," replied Julio and he ran off in the other direction. He came back to the ferry and told them it would need to be another 24 inches longer so they would have room to eat and kick. "Righto!" said Frazzle and he immediately talked to the wolves about it. He heard them growling a little.