“They can’t be far from here,” Veve said.
“Let’s track them down,” proposed Jane. “We’ll arm ourselves with sticks and—”
“No, girls!” Miss Gordon reproved firmly. “That would never do.”
“If we don’t stop them somehow, they’ll keep on wrecking our tree house,” Eileen protested. “How are we going to catch them?”
“I know!” proposed Veve suddenly. “Why don’t we hide out in the bushes and keep watch? They may come sneaking back here.”
“Probably they ran away because they saw us returning,” Jane added, instantly falling in with the idea. “We could pretend to leave the park, but not actually do it.”
The girls now beseeched their leader to consent to the plan.
“We might wait hours to no purpose,” she tried to discourage them.
“I wouldn’t care if I had to stay all night!” Jane announced. “It would be worth it to catch those bad boys.”
The other Brownies said they felt the same way about it.