32 - Kayak

The mother

who was never happy

when we were on the sea,

declared that our chances

of drowning were,

With the pinnace and canoe

already great.

Her fears were speedily allayed

The boat I intended to construct

should be no flimsy cockleshell

But as safe and as stout

a craft as ever

floated upon the sea.

pg 212 - 213
Swiss Family Robinson

by Johann Wyss

Altered by Sasheena Kurfman 2010