"
"And without that deer! That's too bad!"
"We may see the deer elsewhere."
They walked on a hundred feet further, reaching an opening surrounded
by rocks on every side. Here was a tall tree, with branches hanging
low to the ground.
"I'm going up into the tree and look around," said Whopper.
He hung his rifle on one of the limbs and began the ascent. Giant
did likewise, and soon the pair were close to the top of the tree.
By parting the topmost branches they got a fairly good look of the
country for a long distance on every side. They could see the
waters of Lake Cameron shimmering in one direction, and the waters
of Firefly Lake shimmering in another, and they also caught
several glimpses of Rocky River, and some other bodies of water
still further away.
"Nothing of the deer," sighed Whopper, after a long look around.
"Let us make sure," came from Giant, and swept every point of
the compass with his sharp eyes.
"I see something far to the north of here," he announced. "But
what it is I can't make out."
Whopper looked in the direction, but could see nothing clearly.
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