The children ate nearly all of the sandwiches, and put away the rest of the food in the blanket which Teddy strapped around it. Then they mounted their ponies, Ted taking the bundle with him, and let the animals wander which way they would.
"They'll go to water if they're thirsty enough," Teddy said.
"Who do you s'pose dropped that bundle?" asked Janet.
"A cowboy," her brother answered.
"One from Ring Rosy Ranch?"
"Maybe."
"Oh, I hope he did, and that he's around here somewhere," went on Janet. "I'm tired of being lost!"
"We've only just begun," Teddy said. But, truth to tell, he wished very much that they were both safe back at the ranch house with their mother.
On and on over the moonlit prairies went Star Face and Clipclap. They seemed to know where they were going and did not stop. Ted and Janet were too tired to guide them. They were both getting sleepy.
Pretty soon Janet saw ahead of her something glistening in the stretch of the prairie. The moonlight seemed to sparkle on it.