"Then for goodness' sake, come on! I'll be asleep again if we don't do something," exclaimed Eleanor.
"All right, I'll saddle Noddy and you can have Choko. We will have to harness them ourselves now that Jeb is away, and the other hands are working on the ranch."
"You're not going far, are you?" asked Anne, suspiciously.
Polly laughed. "Not as far as we went yesterday."
Mrs. Brewster had been told where Polly planned to take Eleanor, and she smiled approvingly. A nice luncheon was packed up and placed in the panniers of the burros, and the three grownups stood and watched the two girls ride down the trail to Rainbow Cliff.
As they went, Eleanor said: "Did you mention the name of your friends? I forgot, if you have."
Polly laughed. "Maybe I told you, but I don't remember now. Anyway, you wouldn't know them if I did tell you their names."
"But what do you call them when you address them?"
"I always call the old one 'Grandfather,' but he has a large family that I never bother with. He is our friend.
"This family lives and does queer things that no city folks ever dream of," added Polly.