[Illustration: And, for fun, set it against the string]
Pineknot rubbed the place, but picked up the stick, stood aside, and set it as before. Then he said, "Do that again."
Thorn did it again, and the stick flew among the trees. Over and over again they tried it, and every time the flying string threw the stick.
"Now," said Thorn, "I shall bend a little branch as that tree was bent, and I shall tie a string to the ends."
He did so; and all the way home he kept shooting with his little bow, and wondering about it.
