"But they
didn't touch me. Guess they was sleepy, just like me." And then he
dropped off and had to be put to bed; and that was the end of this
strange happening.
CHAPTER XI
THE CRUISE OF THE "ICE BIRD"
The building of the ice boat by Bert and Charley Mason interested Nan
almost as much as it did the boys, and nearly every afternoon she went
down to the lumber yard to see how the work was getting along.
Mr. Bobbsey had given Bert just the right kind of lumber, and had a man
at the saw-mill saw the sticks and boards to a proper size. He also gave
his son some ropes and a pair of old iron runners from a discarded
sleigh, so that all Charley had to provide was the bed-sheet already
mentioned, for a sail.
The two boys worked with a will, and by Thursday evening had the ice
boat completed. They christened the craft the _Ice Bird_, and Bert
insisted upon it that his father come and see her.
"You have certainly done very well," said Mr. Bobbsey. "This looks as
if you were cut out for a builder, Bert."
"Well, I'd like to build big houses and ships first-rate," answered
Bert.
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