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"Look out! There's a subm'rine
coming. Sink it! Sink it!"
"Mickey what's a subm'rine?" asked Peaches.
"Why it's like this," explained Mickey. "There's places where there's
water, like I bring to wash you, only miles and miles of it, such a lot,
it's called an ocean----"
"Sure! 'Crost it where the kings is makin' people kill theirselves," cried
Peaches.
"Yes," agreed Mickey. "And on the water, sailing along like a lady, is a
big, beautiful ship. Then there's a nasty little boat that can creep under
the water. It slips up when she doesn't know it's coming, and blows a hole
in the fine ship and sinks her all spoiled. But if the nice ship sees the
subm'rine coming and sinks it, why then she stays all nice, and isn't
spoiled at all. See?"
"Subm'rines spoil things?" ventured Peaches.
"They were just _invented_ for that, and nothing else."
"Mickey, I'll just say, 'Hurry! Run fast!' Mickey, can you carry me that
far?" she asked anxiously.
"No, I can't carry you that far," admitted Mickey.


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