' the water ! the water ! ' gasped one of the young men ; and there it was , slowly but steadily mounting the ridge itself . parents and children clung together , as if by that means they could drive back the advancing flood ; and the youth who had caused all this terrible catastrophe , seized his sweetheart , and cried : ' i will climb with you to the top of that tree , and there no waters can reach us . '
to climb with her to the top of the tree where no waters can reach them .
what did the youth who caused the catastrophe tell his sweeatheart ?
what did the youth who caused the catastrophe tell his sweeatheart ?