Island of Adventure - Chapter two - the swanmarine

Having discovered the island yesterday, we decided to stake it out and wait for the adventure.
24 hours later and after drinking lashing of ginger beer and eating ham and cucumber sandwiches with legs crossed we were about to leave when ...........out from a dark inlet appeared a white vision. It seemed to know we were there and made a bee line for us. It was on a mission and we could not evade its' beady stare.

Outwardly it looked like a swan but behind the feather facade was ( I'm sure) a dastardly smuggler hiding in a submarine. My trusty steed (opps wrong story) - my faithful hound Timmy (Socrates) stood fast and defended the shore line. For at least two seconds before he broke rank and ran for the hills (van).

I hastened my retreat - back to Uncle Quentin's house to warn the others and plan our next move........after having a huge chunk of Cook's fruit cake and drinking some coco.