Swallows and Amazons Page #2

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Daddy sent me a picture.

[Susan:
]

They're fishing now.

Look!

Land ahoy! Land ahoy!

[John:
]

Stand by to go about.

Ready, about.

Keep a lookout

for a good landing place.

Aye aye, sir.

And keep a good lookout

for savages too.

Boy Roger, sing out like anything

if you see any rocks under the water.

[Roger:
]

Aye, sir.

[Orchestral music continues]

[Susan:
] How about there

for a landing place?

[John:
]

Let's try.

Stand by to go about.

Ready, about.

[Orchestral music continues]

Get the painter.

[Birds chirping]

[John:
] Susan, you come forward

and take this halyard.

[John:
]

Lower away.

Don't let's unpack now,

let's explore.

[Seagulls cawing]

[Titty:
]

Might be a tidal wave.

[Roger:
]

Look!

Properly we ought to have

a flagpole on the top.

[Roger:
]

What for?

To hoist a flag,

for a signal.

lt would make

a superb lighthouse.

If any of us were sailing home after dark

we could hoist a lantern up there.

[Roger:
]

We've got a lantern.

- We haven't got any rope, though.

- We could get some.

Good idea.

Let's go look for a camp now.

OK, we'll split up.

Roger, you go that way,

Susan that way,

Titty, you go that way

and I'll go this way.

[Roger:
]

Hey!

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

What a lovely place for a camp.

Well done, Roger.

Natives.

Well, the natives certainly knew

how to choose the right place.

Suppose they're still here.

These ashes

look pretty old to me.

I think we're safe.

Come on, let's fetch the tents.

[Orchestral music]

[Susan:
] You'll need

much more than that.

[Orchestral music continues]

[Whistle]

[Muffled giggles]

Shh.

[All:
laugh]

Lovely. You can see the fireplace

from inside.

Everything's all right

apart from the landing place.

Everybody can see it.

Titty, let's go and see

if we can find a better harbour.

Oh,

I'd better have the whistle.

[Roger:
]

Oh, can I come?

[Susan:
] No,

you fill a kettle while I unpack.

That's got scum in it.

Come on,

I'll show you how to do it.

[Titty:
] We ought to have brought

machetes like Red Indians use.

Ow!

[John:
]

Wow!

Come on, let's get Swallow.

Look, all you have to do is put the spout

in the water and no scum comes in.

[Orchestral music]

[Banging]

[Whistle]

[Whistle]

[Titty:
] I expect someone hid on the island

hundreds and hundreds of years ago

and kept their boat here.

[John:
] It's perfect

for keeping Swallow safe at night.

[Susan:
] It's marvellous,

but why didn't we see it before?

[John:
] Oh,

the rocks go out so far.

John, why have you put

this cross here?

I didn't.

lt must have been here already.

Natives again.

Or cannibals.

This marks the spot

where they ate six missionaries.

Oh, the tea'll spoil.

Come on.

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