There were lots of apple trees all around there near the shore.

We didn't know that orchard belonged to old Trimmer." "He thinks he owns the whole river," said Pee-wee.
"That little spot of land stuck out sort of like a balcony on account of it being near the bend of the river; the river coming around the bend sort of scooped a place out underneath it; it was all under-mined----" "I know what happened! I know what happened!" Pee-wee shouted.

"I know the place, it was nice and shady underneath it and you could go under it in a canoe; lots of times I did." "Well, you never will any more," said Roly Poly.
"Go on, tell me! Go on, tell me!" Pee-wee encouraged excitedly.
"There was a pole sticking out of the water right near there," Pee-wee's new friend continued, "and we thought it meant there was good fishing there.

So I said I'd go and see if I could catch a couple of eels and sunfish or something.

While I was out at the edge of that little knob of land or whatever you want to call it, all of a sudden I could feel something giving way under me and the first thing I knew the whole business was in the water.
"Oh, you should have heard those fellows laugh as I went sailing down the river.