But the
fish was wet and slippery, and no sooner had Snoop pounced on it with
her claws than the fish slid across the deck of the houseboat. Snoop
slid after it, just as she often slid across the kitchen oilcloth,
when she sprang for a piece of string that Flossie or Freddie would
pull along to make the cat play.
Right across the deck, after the slippery fish slid Snoop, and, the
next instant, the poor cat had slid right off the deck, and fallen
into the lake with a splash!
CHAPTER X
DOWN THE CREEK
"There goes Snoop!"
"Oh, somebody get her!"
Nan and Dorothy both shouted at the same time. As for Bert, he was so
surprised at having caught a fish, and at seeing the cat slide off the
deck with it, that he could say nothing. It was almost the same with
Harry. He had jumped to his feet, however, and had run toward Snoop,
but too late.
Then, all of a sudden, Snap, with a loud bark, gave one spring, and
the next moment he had jumped right over the deck railing, under which
Snoop had slid. Right over it went Snap, and down into the lake. For
he knew that Snoop had fallen in, and, being the kind of a dog that
asks nothing better than to save something, or somebody, from the
water, Snap was right on hand.
"Oh, my doll! My doll!" cried Flossie. "Snap is taking my doll into
the lake with him! Come back, Snap! Come back!"
Snap did not stop to listen.
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