Then, indeed, were the girls surprised and delighted.

What a lot they would have to tell Father and Mother when they got home again! Tom sighed.

He feared in his own mind that they would never, never see their home any more.
When Flossie saw the lake she made a spring towards it and dived below the surface.

They could see her darting about beneath, and soon up she came, looking as pleased as Punch, with a fine, great fish in her mouth.
She laid it gently at Pansy's feet, and dived in again.
"I'll be happy here," she seemed to say, as she brought another fish, "and we need never be hungry any more." After Tom had well explored the island, he told Frank they must build a fort.

He had found the very spot for it, too, on a little hill.