“Did you find many?” Jan asked.
“Yes, there’s a big nest full. I didn’t see it the last time I came here. I’ll have to make two or three trips with them.”
Ted crawled back and forth under the barn, bringing out each time a few eggs to Jan, who put them in the baskets.
“There’s three more I want to get,” explained Ted, as he turned to crawl back for the fourth time. “They’re away at the far end.”
Pretty soon Jan heard him call:
“Oh, I’ve found another nest!”
“That’s good!” answered his sister. “Bring ’em out!”
Ted said nothing for a few minutes, but Jan heard him grunting.
“Why don’t you come out?” she called. “We’ve got to get dressed for supper. Come on out with the eggs!”
“I—I can’t,” answered her brother, and his voice was muffled as though he were down in a cellar.