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“Yes, yes,” calls Ilvie, coughing and waving the dust away from her face with her hands. “It’s just a little dusty here!”

When the dust has settled a bit and Ilvie can see the ladder again, she climbs up quickly behind her new friend. Leonie is already all the way up on the deck, looking around.

“Wow, I haven’t seen the Anastasia without the tarp for a really long time!” murmurs the little girl.

“She’s beautiful!” cries Ilvie when she has reached the top of the ladder.

‘Hey, what about me? Huh? Are you just going to leave me down here to rot? That’s really mean of you!’ Ilvie hears an aggravated twinkling in her mind.

“Oh, Theo …” murmurs Ilvie softly. “My little monkey friend is kind of afraid of heights,” she whispers to Leonie with a wink. “I’ll come and get you!” Ilvie cries loudly, climbing down again. She grabs the little monkey, who is holding tightly to his knapsack, and climbs back up the ladder ­holding him.

‘Waaaahhhh … this is hiiigggh!’ twinkles Theo anxiously, keeping both eyes closed tight. ‘Don’t boats belong in the water? This is muuuch too high!’