Chapter Thirteen A DAY ON THE ISLAND
　　THE children hardly knew where they were the next day when they woke up. The sun was pouringinto the cave entrance, and fell first of all on George's sleeping face. It awoke her and she lay half-dozing, wondering why her bed felt rather less soft than usual.
　　"But I'm not in my bed - I'm on Kirrin Island, of course!" she thought suddenly to herself. She sat upand gave Anne a punch. "Wake up, sleepy-head! We're on the island!"Soon they were all awake rubbing the sleep from their eyes. "I think I'm going to get heather todayfor my bed, after all," said Anne. "The sand feels soft at first, but it gets hard after a bit."The others agreed that they would all get heather for their beds, set on the sand, with rugs forcovering. Then they would have really fine beds.
　　"It's fun to live in a cave," said Dick. "Fancy having a fine cave like this on our island, as well as acastle and dungeons¹! We are really very lucky.""I feel sticky and dirty," said Julian. "Let's go and have a bathe before we have breakfast. Then coldham, bread, pickles² and marmalade for me!""We shall be cold after our bathe," said George. "We'd better light my little stove and put the kettleon to boil while we're bathing. Then we can make some hot cocoa when we come back shivering!""Oh yes," said Anne, who had never boiled anything on such a tiny stove before. "Do let's. I'll fill thekettle with water from one of the containers. What shall we do for milk?""There's a tin of milk somewhere in the pile," said Julian. "We can open that. Where's the tin-opener?"
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　　It was not to be found which was most exasperating³. But at last Julian discovered it in his pocket, soall was well.
　　The little stove was filled with methylated spirit, and lighted. The kettle was filled and set on top.
　　Then the children went off to bathe.
　　"Look! There's a simply marvellous pool in the middle of those rocks over there!" called Julian,pointing. "We've never spotted⁴ it before. Golly, it's like a small swimming-pool, made specially⁵ forus!"

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