"Looking for something to eat," finished Shep. "No, I don't want a million years of this. But I think a few weeks will do very nicely."
"Well, if we are going to stay here, the question is, what sort of a shelter are we going to put up?"
"Oh, let us build a regular log cabin!" cried Giant. "It will be such fun."
"A log cabin isn't built in a day," answered Snap. "To build a good cabin will take quite some time. But we might build some kind of a shack," he added, as he saw the small lad's face fall. "There are four small trees almost in a square. We can cut them off and they will do for the corner-posts, and another tree in line with two in front will do for a door-post."
"Hurrah! Snap has solved the problem of a cabin!" shouted Whopper. "I declare, Snap, you want to take out a license as an architect and builder. We'll go to work to-morrow—-as soon as we've gotten together something to eat." And in his joy, Whopper turned a handspring on some dead leaves, coming down on his back with a thump. "Wow! I'll not try that again in a hurry!" he grunted.
"We can take turns at building," said Shep. "Each day two can work on the cabin and two can go hunting or fishing. At the start we needn't to go after anything but small game."
"That's it," said Snap. "But if any big game comes our way we can bring it down."
"Or make a try at it," corrected Giant.