"Oh, because it might break them--I mean it might break your cookies,"
and Grandpa Martin laughed again.
"Come now, we'll go and look for things," proposed Ted, as he took a
bite of his cookie, something which Jan and Trouble were also doing.
"What'll we look for!" Jan asked again.
"Oh, maybe we can find a cave or a den where a--where a fox lives," he
said, rather stumbling over his words.
At first Ted had been going to say that perhaps they would look for a
bear's den, but then he happened to remember that even talk of a bear,
though of course there were none on Star Island, might scare his
little brother and Jan. So he said "fox" instead.
"Is there a fox here!" Jan asked.
"Maybe," said Ted. "Anyhow, let's go off and look."
"Don't go too far!" called Grandpa Martin after them, as he started to
unload the boat and get the camp in order. "And don't go too near the
edge of the lake. I don't want you to fall in and have your mother
blame me."
"No, we won't!" promised Ted. "Come on," he called to his little
brother and sister. "Oh, there you go again!" he cried, as he saw
Trouble stumble and fall. "What's the matter?" he asked.
"It's these pine needles. They're awfully slippery," answered Janet.
"I nearly slipped down myself. Did you hurt yourself, Trouble?" she
asked the little fellow.
He did not answer directly, but first looked at the place where he had
fallen.
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