“Are we going to keep watch?” asked Dick, when it was about time to turn in.
“What for?” asked Teddy. “There’s no danger. We don’t need even to keep a fire going. We have our flashlights.”
“There’ll be a moon later,” said Joe.
“Then if the deer comes nosing around we can spot him,” suggested Dick. “But the way I feel now I’m going to do nothing but sleep.”
“Same here,” echoed Joe.
“I don’t believe the deer will bother us,” was Teddy’s opinion. “He’s likely as tired and sleepy as we are.”
So it was decided not to take turns watching during the night. The three boys would go to sleep together and trust to luck to get on the trail of the deer again in the morning.
“If we had a dog it would be easier,” said Joe somewhat sleepily as they were all dozing off.
“Easier for what?” asked Teddy.
“Easier to trail the deer. But we haven’t any dog, have we?”