Chapter 1. The Man On The Porch
_ CHAPTER I. THE MAN ON THE PORCH
"Oh, Daddy, come and take him off! He‘s a terrible big one, and he‘s winkin‘ one of his claws at me! Come and take him off!"
"All right, Mun Bun. I‘ll be there in just a second. Hold him under water so he won‘t let go, and I‘ll get him for you."
Daddy Bunker, who had been reading the paper on the porch of Cousin Tom‘s bungalow at Seaview, hurried down to the little pier that was built out into Clam River. On the end of the pier stood a little boy, who was called Mun Bun, but whose real name was Munroe Ford Bunker. However, he was almost always called Mun Bun.
"Come quick, Daddy, or he‘ll get away!" cried Mun Bun, and he leaned a little way over the edge of the pier to look at something which was on the end of a line he held. The something was down under water.
"Be careful, Mun Bun! Don‘t fall in!" cried his father, who, having caught up a long-handled net, was now running down a little hill to the pier. "

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