chapters 26 & 27

Paddle was pickd up by a boy with a net.  The boy said, "Did you know that you are on a french boat headed to France?". They travdled to France  In France  paddle's story made it in the newspaper.  He had been traveling for four yeras!  The boy who made paddle saw the story.  It made him feel happy.

chapter 25

The old lady kept her promise. When it spring she put him back in the water.  paddle experiened currents and tides.  He had reached sea!

chapter 24.

Paddle spent the winter with an old lady in  Montreal  Canada.  She told a little boy about the history of the St.Lawrence River.  She will put paddle back in the river in the spring.

Chapter 23

Paddle splashed in 30 foot waves. Then he  traveled down the Niagra River.  He was in Lake Ontario at last!

Chapter 22

Traveling along the coast of Lake Erie Paddle among the sights and sounds of commerce.
Paddle added seven new cities to the copper plate on the bottom of his canoe. He was even in the newspapers!
Though other ships take the Welland Canal through Niagara Falls, paddle didn't.

"Mother! Look! A little man! In a boat!" A child screamed.

 Paddle dropped a long way down...

chapter 21.

In Detroit a man ask to buy Paddle for his museum but the girl and her father said no. On a boat again the kind girl dropped him in Lake Erie to cotinue his journey.

Chapter 20

Paddle drifted to Lake Huron. It was winter, the water turned to ice  that froze  paddle to the shore.  Men and boys who were ice fishing accidentally freed paddle with their sleds.  Paddle skated on the ice on his copper plate all over Lake Huron.  As spring came paddle was 2 years old.  A  lihle girl found him in Bay City, Michian.  She put him on her lap as they traveled by boat to Detroit. 

chapter 19.

There was a forest fire.  Paddle was on an island.  The forest animals swam to paddle's island. in the morning the fire was gone and the animals went to look for a new forest home.

chapter 18.

A puppy found paddle and played with him for a while.  Paddle slowly traveled North along the Michigan coast. It took him three seasons to make the journey : Spring, Summer and Autumn.

chapter 17.

Pierre introduced Paddle to Mate Maloney.  He promised to take Paddle to Buffalo safely.  They traveled by ship down Lake Michigan to Gary , Indiana.  There paddle was accidently left behind.

chapter 16

Paddle is at the Coast Guard Station Station until winter. The Soo Sault St. Mary is a city that is in Canada and Michigan. Pierra took Paddle on a 60 mile dog sled ride to the Soo.

Chapter 15.

After the shipwreck paddle was found by the ships captain.  He gave paddle some repairs like new paint a copper rudder and a copper plate to replace the lead ballast.  Paddle has traveled two thousand miles.

chapter 14.

When paddle was in lake Superior there was an icy storm The waves were taller than a house.  Ice covered a big ship and when it hit the rocks it broke in half.  The men were saved by the Coast Guard and paddle rested safely on the beach.

chapter 12.

Paddle got caught in a fisherman's net.  While the fishermen cleaned the fish paddle slipped through a hole in the dock back into the water.

Chapter 13

Paddle was sometimes washed ashore by waves and then sent to sea again by storms. During that time wolves & foxes were hunting for food. They waited for the waves to toss fish on thes shore. It was Fall.

Chapter 11

Paddle traveled from the North shore to the West shore.   He drifted to a shipping dock.  The trains were unloading ore that stained everything red.

Chapter 10

Paddle landed in a marsh. There was lots of wildlife. When the rain fell the water came up and spilled paddle into Lake Superior again.

Chapter 9

Boats were making giant waves which made paddle go up and down. Paddle left Canada and entered the United States.

Chapter 8

Paddle went from a river to a bay and then into Lake Superior. It is the largest lake in the world!