“They mostly keeps too far away. They’s cowards, wolves is.”
“Sometimes, but look out for packs.”
“Are there any bears?” asked Paul.
“Bears? Yes, there are bears, but you won’t see any. They’re all in their dens and won’t come out till spring.”
Long before dawn on Monday morning the boys were awakened from sound slumber by Amesbury singing, in full, melodious tones:
“‘Awake, arise, pull out your eyes,
And hear what time of day;
And when you have done,
Pull out your tongue,
And see what you can say.’”