We don't want a goat along
when we are going out walking."
So Nicknack was left to nibble the grass, while the Curlytops wandered
on and on. Grandpa and the hired men, having finished putting up the
tents, were getting the stove ready so Nora could get supper.
"What are you looking for?" asked Jan when she noticed that her
brother walked along as if searching for something. "Are you trying to
see if any tramps or gypsies are here on the island?"
"No. I was thinking maybe I could find that fallen star."
"But didn't grandpa say it all melted up?"
"Maybe a piece of it's left," went on Ted. This was the second time
that he had spoken of the star that day. "If I can't find a chunk of
it, maybe I can find the hole it made when it hit," he added. "I'd
like to find that. Maybe it would be bigger than the one I dug when I
thought I could go all the way through to China."
"Yes. The time Skyrocket fell in!" laughed Jan. "'Member that, Teddy?"
"I guess I do! Daddy had to go out in the night and bring him in. Come
on, let's look for the hole the shooting star made."
"All right."
The two Curlytops walked on over the island, looking here and there
for star-holes. They found a number of deep places, but after looking
at them, and poking sticks down into them, Ted decided that none of
them had ever held a shooting star.
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