The sun., 1903-12-27
NEW VOYAGES OF
~ .SINBAD THE SAILOR
Wherein Is Discovered the Unique
and Hitherto Unknown Islaa6
of Tickling.

After Sinbad the Sailor had stayed at
Bagdad long time and had seen every
! thing, he told his friend, the Ruler Haroun
al Raschid, that he was going on another
voyage to some part Of the world that no.
body had ever seen before.
He gave Nebo handful OF diamonds
and told him to go to Bassorah and buy
fine ship and load it with all known kinds
Of things to eat, enough to last a year.
Nebo was a tall. black slave, born dumbs
who was never known to laugh. He ale
ways did exactly as his master told him
to do. He got swift camel and went to
Bassorah, where he looked over all the ships
and bought the best one he could find.
He loaded 1t with good things to eat,
and hired lot Of sailors, and then sent
word to Sinbad that everything was ready
Sinbad got a camel, waved his hand.
kerchief to the king, and in few days was
at Bassorah.
They sailed and sailed and sailed till
they got to the other side of the world,
where there was nothing but water. Thew
were out OF sight of land for nearly year,
and then their food was nearly be gone.
Every day Sinbad sent man up into
the masts to keep a lookout for land, but
all the man could see was water.
By and by. when they thought they
would never see land any more they no
ticed pieces of trees floating on the waves, {,
and the water became green instead OF
blue, and little birds began to fly around
the ship. So they knew they were not far
from land.
Early the next morning the man went
into the rigging again. AS soon as he
reached the top Of the mast he sang out,
Land ho'"
"Where away" asked Sinbad the Sailor.
Every sailor pricked up his ears and looked
around to see the land.
"Sou-sou-east. half east, three points
OF the starboard bow" said the lookout.
They turned the ship toward land, md
in little while everybody could see the
island. 1t looked like little cloud on the
ocean at first; but it grew bigger and bigger
as they sailed closer to it, and by and by It
was like any other island, with trees grow
ing on it and the waves dashing against the,
sandy shore. 'tsFr
Sinbad the Sailor looked at it through
his spyglass, and could not seen any people
at all.
1Im glad there are no people there
he said. I'VE can do Just as we please. i
Maybe it is the Island of Diamonds Lower
boat"
So they got boat out an half dozen
sailors jumped into it.
Nebo wanted to jump in, but Snbad
told him to stay on the ship. Nebo looked
very sorry, because he always wanted to
keep close to Sinbad He used to pick
weeds in Sinbad's fathers garden when
Sinbad was a little boy, and he seemed
to think Sinbad was little boy still.
Sinbad jumped into the boat, and the six
sailors made the oars dart through the
water.
The little boat went right to the beach
As soon as the boats nose touched the
sand sailor. jumped out, but the moment
he touched the ground he doubled UP and
laughed, and then began to kick and finally
rolled over and over on the sand and laughed
till he cried.
He acted as if he were being tickled in
on the soles of his feet all at once
whats the matter9" asked sinbad. as
into the water
The other sailors leaped out OF the boat
and were going to reach out for the first
sailor, when they all began to laugh and
douDe tneinseNeS up ana uance around.
They forgot all about their mate and began
to act just as he did. They rolled over
and over, kicked up their heels and roared
with laughter.
This made Sinbad very angry. He took
big piece Of rope to @ whip the sailors and
was going to strike one Of the sailors, but
his foot slipped, and the rope flew out Of
his hand.
The very moment the rope left his hand
he began to feel a tickling all over, like
thousand fingers running up and down his
ribs and something chucked him under
the chin, and the soles of his feet began to
itch so that he had to dance.
He began to laugh in spite of himself.
He looked all around and didn't see any
hands or anything tickling him; but 1t
kept right on tickling.
He laughed more and more and danced
harder, till by and by he began to kick and
roll over and over like the others,
They were on the Island Of Tickliny
Nebo wa chcd Sinbad through the spy.
glass and saw he was in trouble, and he
became very much excited. He mo,ioned
to the Others on the ship to got out another
boat and save Sinbad and his snors, but
the people on the ship were afraid.
Then Nebo tried TO lower bca. himsef,
but they Stopped him. He tried TO shout
to Sinbad, hut, being dumb, he couldn't
mako a sound.
Finally. when the others werc not looking
he jumped our OF INC snip mo lnS Wi'cF
and 81 ted to swim to land. He was a
big, strong slave, ard swan very fast.
In few minut es he reached the island and
ran toward Sinbad
AS soon as Nebo stepped on the land
he felt the same tickling feeling, but it did
not bother him much. because he had never
laughed in his life and didn't know how.
He ran to Sinbad and tried to lift him up,
but Sinbad rolled over and over 50 fast
that Nebo could not get hold of him. So
the black slave rolled Sinbad toward the
boat, and pretty soon rolled him into It.
As soon as Sinbad touched the boat the
tickling stopped, and he lay in the bottom
trying catch his breath and wondering
what he had been laughing about.
Nebo ran to the other sailors and rolled
them up toward the boat.
They kept shouting "Ha. ha, hal Stop,
stop
Nebo got five of them to the boat and
rolled them in and they stopped laughing
Instantly They were so tired that they
lay down and breathed like dogs that have
been running hard.
Nebo went back and looked for the first
sailor, but he had rolled long wav out
into the grass, and he could not fird him.
The sailors in the boat grasped the oars
and started for the ship as fast as they
could and Nebo had to run back and lump