"Maybe we'd better not," cautioned Janet. "It isn't ours."
"But we're lost," Teddy said, "and we want to be found. Maybe there's something in this bundle to help."
The blanket was fastened with a strap on the outside, and Teddy managed to unbuckle this after two or three trials, Janet helping. Then, as the moon shone down on what was in the blanket, the Curlytops gave a cry of delight, which startled even the ponies.
"It's something to eat!" cried Teddy.
"And to drink!" added Janet, as she picked up the canvas-covered canteen, or water bottle, such as soldiers carry. By shaking it she knew it was full of water.
"Say, this is good luck!" cried Teddy.
Stopping no longer to wonder who had dropped the bundle, the Curlytops took a drink from the canteen. They had not been used to drinking out of a bottle since they were babies, and some of the water ran down their necks.
But they did not mind this. And, even though the water was rather warm, they felt much better after having had a drink.
"I wish we could give the ponies some," said Janet. "But there isn't very much, and they would drink this all up and not know they'd had any."
"Anyhow I guess they're not thirsty, or they'd try to find water just as the cowboys said they would," added Teddy. "They can chew the grass."