There was a long chain attached to it, and as I continued to swallow the anchor I continued to eat the chain.

I never realized what I had done until I found a ship on the other end of the chain.

Then I bit it off." "The ship ?" asked Trot.
"No, the chain.

I didn't care for the ship, as I saw it contained some skippers.

On the way home the chain and anchor began to lie heavily on my stomach.