Dick realized he had been caught napping by a girl, and he didn't like it very much but he could not show his annoyance, for Julie was right. So he stood up and said: "I'll shout as loud as possible,—maybe they will hear us." So he shouted until he was hoarse.
"In this dense forest, where the trees break every sound, the smoke signal is as good as any other. Let us find a clearing," suggested Julie.
So they sought again, and soon found an open spot where the sky was visible without any obstructing tree-branches overhead.
"Why, this looks like the same clearing that I said would make a fine baseball diamond," declared Julie.
"So it does! And here is a broken twig where we went out," said Joan.
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"Then we can't be many miles from home," laughed Julie, her spirits rising again at the slightest encouragement.