So the Curlytops remained in the woods, and it began to look as though the whole summer would be spent there.
“I think it’s the best vacation we ever had,” said Ted.
“So do I,” agreed his sister.
“Certainly the children never looked better,” declared Mrs. Martin. “I’m glad we came.”
There were so many things to watch in the lumber business that the children never found time hanging heavy on their hands if they did not care to play. They could visit the mill, watch great trees being chopped down, they could see the men making up rafts in the river or the lake and they could see the sawed boards being carted off to be shipped on railroad trains.
“I like best to see the logs go down the chute into the river,” said Ted to his sister, when they were talking about the different sights around camp. “Let’s go over there now,” he suggested.
“Are you sure you won’t get lost?” asked Janet. For it was in going to this chute before that Ted wandered off and got lost in the woods.
“Oh, I know the way now,” he said. “Come on!”
The Curlytops started, but Trouble called after them:
“I ’ants to go!”