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An\'thoughAndysaidhegotholdoftheendofaboxthatfelttohimlikethebigunshe\'dnoticedashavin\'themeat-piesin，hecouldn\'tmoveitnomore\'nifithadbeenthestumpoftheforemast。Ifwecouldhavepumpedthewateroutoftheholdwecouldhavegotatanypartofthecargowewanted，butasitwas，wecouldn\'tevenreachtheship\'sstores，which，ofcourse，musthavebeenmostlysp\'iledanyway，whereasthecannedvittleswasjustasgoodasnew。Thepumpswasallsmashedorstoppedup，forwetried\'em，butiftheyhadn\'t\'a\'beenwethreecouldn\'tneverhavepumpedoutthatshiponthreebiscuitaday，an\'onlyabouttwodays\'rationsatthat。
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itwasn\'tlongaforehewastalkin\'aboutroastturkeyan\'
cranberrysass，an\'punkin-pie，an\'sechstuff，mostofwhichweknowedwasunderourfeetthatpresentminnit。TomSimmonshejustb\'iledover，an\'sungout：`Rollhimoutinthesunan\'lethimcook！Ican\'tstandnomoreofthis！\'ButIwasn\'tgoin\'tohaveAndytreatednosechwayasthat，furifithadn\'tbeenfurTomSimmons\'wifean\'younguns，Andy\'dbeenworthtwoofhimtoanybodywhowasconsid\'rin\'savin\'life。ButIgivetheboyagoodpunchintheribstostophisdreamin\'，furIwasashungryasTomwas，an\'couldn\'tstandnononsenseaboutChristmasdinners。