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CHAPTER XVI 

A DESERTED STEAM YACHT 

"Dick, abeg I dey see ship for that side or I dey see double?" 

Tom ask the question, as e suddenly stand up and look go where the mist don clear small. 

"E sure me say e be like ship of some sort," Dick answer, as e dey look front with equal eagerness. 

"Make we call dem?" Hans ask. 

"E too far," Tom reply. 

"Dem dey come this side?" Sam ask, as water don enter im eye well well so e no fit see well. 

"I no sure if e be ship," Tom talk. "But e sure say e be something." 

"Make we try paddle go near," im older brother suggest, and all of dem start to work; Tom dey use the folded campstool, and the others dey use some bits of boards from the crates. 

Dem dey approach the object very slowly, until dem sure say e be vessel, a steam yacht, as dem see some minutes later. But no smoke dey come out from the funnel of the craft, and dem no fit see anybody for the deck. 

"Yacht ahoy!" Dick shout, when e feel say im voice fit reach. 

No answer come to this hail, and even as the boys dey try see well well, dem no see anybody dey move for the craft wey dey front. 

"Yacht ahoy!" Tom scream, as e use im hands like trumpet. "Yacht ahoy!" 

Still no answer, and no person show face. The curiosity of the castaways dey high well well, and as much as dem fit, dem paddle go the side of the steam yacht. The craft no too big, but e be like say e dey well built and dey in first-class shape. The wheel dey tied fast, wey make am dey ride well for the small breeze wey dey blow. No sail dey set. 

Answer the following questions:
1. Dem know for sure say e be ship when dem first see am?
2. Na who first see am?
3. Why Sam no fit see well?
4. E be like say e dey come towards dem?
5. Wetin Tom use as paddle?
6. Dem no get proper oars?
7. Wetin dem see am be when dem reach am?
8. Wetin be the kind of vessel?
9. Wetin Hans want make dem do when dem first see am?
10. But wetin be the problem?
11. Dem fit see people for am?
12. Dem shout when dem reach am?
13. Na who shout first?
14. Wetin e shout?
15. Na when Dick do am?
16. And dem get response?
17. Na who shout next?
18. Wetin e do with im hands?
19. E be very big boat?
20. Wetin be the chapter title?

Numbered answers:``` <response>: ```1. No
2. Tom
3. salt water for im eyes
4. No
5. di folded campstool and bits of boards from di crates.
6. No
7. no smoke dey come out from di funnel
8. Yacht
9. call owid
10. too far
11. No
12. Yes
13. Dick
14. "Yacht ahoy!"
15. when e feel say im voice fit dey hear
16. No
17. Tom
18. use im hands as trumpet
19. No
20. A DESERTED STEAM YACHT``` 