He took off his coat to make the crawling easier, and started in at one end of the hollow log. Janet, as directed, was at the other end to be ready in case the fox ran out.
Teddy’s head disappeared from sight inside the log. Then his body wiggled in and lastly his legs vanished. All that stuck out were his two feet, and from her end of the log Janet saw these waving up and down and from side to side. But they did not disappear. They remained outside the log.
“Why don’t you crawl all the way in, Ted?” asked his sister.
“I—I—can’t,” came the muffled answer.
“You can’t? Why not?”
“’Cause I’m stuck! I’m stuck! Oh, Janet, I’m stuck in the log and I can’t get out!” wailed Teddy.
CHAPTER XIII
ALONE IN THE WOODS
This was not the first time Teddy had gotten in trouble when he and Janet were alone together. Often it happened at home, and so the Curlytop girl was not as much surprised as she might have been if this was the first time.
Janet left the end of the log where she was keeping guard, to catch the fox if it should rush out, and she hurried around to the end in which Ted had crawled.
“Can’t you crawl in any farther?” she asked.