It was right at the bottom of the hamper, and seemed difficult to find, and he had to lean over further and further, and, in trying to steer at the same time, from a topsy-turvy point of view, he pulled the wrong line, and sent the boat into the bank, and the shock upset him, and he dived down right into the hamper, and stood there on his head, holding on to the sides of the boat like grim death, his legs sticking up into the air.
Essa era proprio nel fondo del paniere, e sembrava difficile trovarla, ed egli dovè chinarsi sempre più, e, tentando di guidare nello stesso tempo, da sotto in sopra, tirò l’altra funicella del timone, e mandò la barca contro la sponda. L’urto lo rovesciò, ed egli affondò nel paniere, e vi si tuffò con la testa, tenendosi disperatamente ai fianchi del battello, con le gambe in aria.