The S.S. Recycling Bin sets off on a sailing trip through Hedgehogtown — but Chuck keeps spotting things they simply cannot do without. A terracotta flowerpot for storage, a rubber duck for emergencies, a flat stone for sitting, a garden hose for practically everything, and three warm loaves of bread from Mr. Bumberton's bakery. Each new addition sits the boat a little lower in the water, until the rim is barely a hedgehog-finger above the surface. Somehow, impossibly, it floats. And from his perch on top of the whole glorious pile, Chewy spots something far down the river — somewhere they've never been. With his map unrolled, Chip points them straight toward it.

The S.S. Recycling Bin had never looked better. Its tree-sap patch was dry and firm, Chip's hand-drawn map was rolled up and tucked neatly under the bow, and the sun was doing that lovely warm thing it does when it wants everyone to go on an adventure. "Cast off!" called Chip, which is the very…

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