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　　Night adventure
　　That night Jack¹ could not sleep. The moon was full and shone in at hiswindow. The moonlight fell on his face and he lay there, staring at the bigsilvery moon, thinking of the gulls² he had seen gliding³ and circling on thewind, and the big black cormorants⁴ that stood on the rocks, their beaks⁵ wideopen as they digested the fish they had caught.
　　He remembered the Isle⁶ of Gloom, as he had seen it that morning. Itlooked mysterious and exciting – so far away, and lonely and desolate⁷. Yetpeople had lived there once. Why did no one live there now? Was it sodesolate that no one could make a living there? What was it like?
　　‘I wonder if I could possibly see it tonight, in the light of the full moon,’
　　thought Jack. He slipped off the mattress⁸ without waking Philip, and wentto the window. He stared out.
　　The sea was silvery bright in the moonlight. Where rocks cast shadows,deep black patches lay on the sea. The waters were calmer than usual, andthe wind had dropped. Only a murmur⁹ came up to Jack as he stood at thewindow.
　　Then he stared in surprise. A sailing boat was coming over the water. Itwas still a good way out, but it was making for the shore. Whose boat wasit? Jack strained his eyes but could not make it out. A sailing boat makingfor Craggy-Tops in the middle of the night! It was odd.
　　‘I’ll wake Tufty,’ he thought, and went to the mattress. ‘Tufty! Philip!
　　Wake up and come to the window.’
　　In half a minute Philip was wide awake, leaning out of the narrowwindow with Jack. He too saw the sailing boat, and gave a low whistle thatawoke Kiki and brought her to Jack’s shoulder in surprise.

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