“You boys did not bring a bear trap along with you, did you?” Dan asked.
“Have you seen a bear?” Greenleaf asked eagerly.
“No,” Dan said, “we didn’t see him, but he stole a dozen eggs and two pounds of bacon out of the cook tent last night.”
“Why don’t you lay for him?” Scott asked.
“Can’t touch him here in this park,” Dan answered.
“He’s probably ten miles away by this time,” Greenleaf said carelessly. He thought it was a scheme cooked up to try to scare them.
“No,” Pat said confidently, “he has stolen something from us nearly every night for a week.”
It never occurred to Scott to doubt the story and he wondered at Greenleaf’s indifference, but Greenleaf was very cautious and dreaded being taken in. Dan saw that he did not believe it.
“Do you know a bear track when you see it?” he asked.
“You bet,” Greenleaf answered confidently.