And crinkums, a trail will go back on you sometimes.

But the tide is sure.

It's got to come up, and so I knew it was coming up to rescue me and I knew I was all right as soon as I saw that spark plug.
Pee-wee wanted to name this chapter "Saved By A Spark Plug" or "The Hero Plug," but I said it sounded silly.

Any way I'll never say another word against the tide.

Often when I saw motor boats stuck on the flats I could hear the men in them saying things about the tide--oh, gee, you ought to have heard some of the things they said.
But I'll never say anything, anyway.