"But what it will be I can't guess.

We'll have to keep on guard." "Who is going to go on the raft ?" asked Sam.

"It won't carry all of us." "I'll pole it over," answered Dick.

"The rest of you will have to go around by the ford." "Don't you want any help ?" asked Tom.
"No, I think I can do it alone.

If two of us got on the raft it might sink too deep and get stuck on the rocks." So it was arranged, and a few minutes later Dick set off.