Jack was almost asleep when the call of a whip-poor-will brought him wide awake.
“Did you hear it?” he asked.
“Hear what?”
“That whip-poor-will.”
“No. Guess I must have been asleep.”
Just then the call came again, “whip-poor-will.”
“That’s a genuine bird if I’m any judge,” Bob declared. “Listen and see if an owl answers.”
They listened while the call was repeated several times but the owl was silent.
“I guess Will got his licking this time all right,” Bob said as he turned over. “If that was a man he was a good deal better imitator than the other fellow.”
The night passed without incident and both boys were up with the sun much refreshed and in much better spirits.