hummed the girl with a skip to starboard , that she might bear a hand with the bag . `` Keep some cherries for me , and do n't forget to give Kit the doll I dressed for her . '' `` I should n't have been going myself if it had n't been for you , Will . I never shall forget that , '' said Jimmy , whom intense satisfaction rendered rather more sedate than his friend . `` Running away to sea is great fun , ` With a tar that ploughs the water ! ' '' sung Will in spite of herself . '' ` And a gallant captain 's daughter , ' '' echoed Jimmy , smiling across the carpet-bag . Then both joined in an irrepressible chorus of `` Dash it ! Dash it ! '' as a big man nearly upset them and a dog barked madly at the balloon . Being safely landed in the train , Jimmy hung out of the window till the last minute , discussing his new prospects with Will , who stood on tiptoe outside , bubbling over with fun . `` I 'll teach you to make butter and cheese , and you shall be my dairy-woman , for I mean to be a farmer , '' he said , just as the bell rang . `` All right , I 'd like that ever so much . '' And then the irrepressible madcap burst out , to the great amusement of the passengers , -- '' ` For you might have been a Roosian , A Frenchman , Turk or Proosian , Or an Ital-i-an . ' '' And Jimmy could not resist shouting back , as the train began to move , -- '' ` But in spite of all temptations To belong to other nations , I 'm an Amer-i-can . ' '' Then he subsided , to think over the happy holiday before him and the rich cargo of comfort , independence , and pleasure he had brought home from his successful cruise in the `` Pinafore . '' II . TWO LITTLE TRAVELLERS . The first of these true histories is about Annie Percival , -- a very dear and lovely child , whose journey interested many other children , and is still remembered with gratitude by those whom she visited on a far-off island . Annie was six when she sailed away to Fayal with her mother , grandmamma , and `` little Aunt Ruth , '' as she called the young aunty who was still a school-girl .
Very cunning was XXXXX 's outfit , and her little trunk was a pretty as well as a curious sight , for everything was so small and complete it looked as if a doll was setting off for Europe .
Amer-i-can Annie Frenchman Percival Pinafore Ruth Turk carpet-bag first grandmamma