"Are you afraid?" asked Ted, looking at his sister.
"Yes. Won't you be?"
"Pooh! No!" he exclaimed, and he talked loudly, perhaps just so he would not be afraid. You know a boy always whistles very loudly at night when he is walking along a dark place alone. And if there are two boys they both whistle. What girls do when they walk through a dark place alone I do not know. Maybe they sing.
Anyhow Teddy talked very loud, and when Janet heard him say he was not afraid she felt better.
"But will we have to stay out here all night?" she asked.
"I guess so." Teddy answered. "But it'll be just like camping out. Daddy and Uncle Frank and the cowboys are going to stay out."
"Yes, but they've got something to eat," objected Janet, "and we haven't anything. Not even a cookie—lessen you've got one in your pocket, Teddy."
"No, Jan," answered her brother, after a quick search, "I haven't. I forgot to bring any."
"So did I," went on Janet. "I don't think I like to stay out here alone all night if we haven't anything to eat."
"No, it won't be much fun," agreed Teddy. "I guess maybe I can find those rocks, Janet, and then we'll know how to get home. Come on."