The Young Ship Builders of Elm Island
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He could scarcely believe his eyes. He went over his marks again. They were all right, and yet the ends stuck up far above the marks. Had these marks Been made on a fiat surface, the plank would have gone on fair. It was the twist of the boat that threw them up. He now saw, to his cost, that planking a boat was quite a different thing from boarding a bam. The upper edge of the plank came all right along the marks, but the lower edge stood away ofl^ and the moment he crowded that down to its pla...ce, up came the upper edge.
"Guess I've got a job before me now," said Charlie. Foreseeing that he should spoil many plank, and that they would be too stiff to bend and work with as patterns, with Ben's aW he Digitized by VjOOQ IC 148 TUB YOTJNG SHIP-BUILDEES OP ELM ISLAND.
sawed out some oak pieces very thin, and as these were green, they would bend easily.
"Father, how do carpenters put plank on a vessel?" "I don't know. I never noticed." " Didn't you put the wales and garboards on the Ark?" " No ; Joe Griffin and Uncle Isaac put them on, while you and I were towing rafts to the mill." But Charlie had not the- least idea of relinquish- ing effort, or yielding to difficulties, however great.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
He could scarcely believe his eyes. He went over his marks again. They were all right, and yet the ends stuck up far above the marks. Had these marks Been made on a fiat surface, the plank would have gone on fair. It was the twist of the boat that threw them up. He now saw, to his cost, that planking a boat was quite a different thing from boarding a bam. The upper edge of the plank came all right along the marks, but the lower edge stood away ofl^ and the moment he crowded that down to its pla...ce, up came the upper edge.
"Guess I've got a job before me now," said Charlie. Foreseeing that he should spoil many plank, and that they would be too stiff to bend and work with as patterns, with Ben's aW he Digitized by VjOOQ IC 148 TUB YOTJNG SHIP-BUILDEES OP ELM ISLAND.
sawed out some oak pieces very thin, and as these were green, they would bend easily.
"Father, how do carpenters put plank on a vessel?" "I don't know. I never noticed." " Didn't you put the wales and garboards on the Ark?" " No ; Joe Griffin and Uncle Isaac put them on, while you and I were towing rafts to the mill." But Charlie had not the- least idea of relinquish- ing effort, or yielding to difficulties, however great.
What to read after The Young Ship Builders of Elm Island?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Elijah Kellogg to read onlineMoreLess
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