Four-footed Americans and their kin . ll it after the Squirrels. What is the very wisest, cleverest fourfoot in ourAmerica? asked Nat. The Beaver, said the Doctor; he thinks, plans,and works, and his house is quite worthy of the skill ofa two-handed engineer. Then Beaver would be a good name for the camp,only there are none hereabout. It would be if it was a go-to-school, working, wood-cutters camp, said Mr. Blake; but it is too solemna name for a jolly holiday affair like this. I have it, said Olive, the idea coming to her asMr. Blake spoke ; call it Camp Saturday ! A clapping of hands follow
Four-footed Americans and their kin . ll it after the Squirrels. What is the very wisest, cleverest fourfoot in ourAmerica? asked Nat. The Beaver, said the Doctor; he thinks, plans,and works, and his house is quite worthy of the skill ofa two-handed engineer. Then Beaver would be a good name for the camp,only there are none hereabout. It would be if it was a go-to-school, working, wood-cutters camp, said Mr. Blake; but it is too solemna name for a jolly holiday affair like this. I have it, said Olive, the idea coming to her asMr. Blake spoke ; call it Camp Saturday ! A clapping of hands followed, that made the roomecho and the little Deer Mouse shiver in his hole. Lets begin now ! Weve had our shooting — nowlet us cook supper and tell stories! cried Dodo,eagerly. Not to-day, said the Doctor ; your mother hasstill some preparations to make ; but instead of waitingfor the first snow, as I once said, we will have a biggame hunt a week from to-day at two oclock, and atsix we will have our first supper in Camp Saturday. VIII. EXPLANATION NIGHT The Brotherhood of Beasts N afternoon spent in what they calledhunting — shooting at the targetsin the long pasture — had giventhem wonderful appetites forsupper, or probably Dodo wouldhave noticed that she had scorchedthe cream toast a little, and thatthere were lumps in the cocoa;but Olives omelet, with itsseasoning of herbs, was asdelicious as an omelet can only be when eaten directlyfrom the fire. Camp Saturday was fairly opened, the first suppereaten, the dishes all washed and put away, and thespider and kettles hung on their nails behind the chim-ney. The boys did the dish-washing and fed the fire,as division of labor is one of the first rules of campliving. I wonder how long it will be before I can hit theDeer when it is moving ? said Nat, who was lookinginto the fire and thinking of the afternoons sport. Not before spring, said Dodo, positively ; for you 94 EXPLANATION NIGHT 95 only hit it once, way back where it didn
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