“Those horrid boys should be kept out of the park!” declared Sunny indignantly.
The other Brownies shared her belief that the trail signs deliberately had been changed by pranksters.
They were convinced too, that the mischief had been done by the same persons who had exchanged the tags on the trees.
“We’ve wasted a lot of time,” Connie said regretfully as the girls started to retrace their way. “I suppose the best thing now is to forget about that queer old lady, and return to the tree house.”
“Provided we can find it,” Eileen said, her confidence ebbing. “This path has twisted and turned so much I’m not at all sure of my directions.”
“I think I can lead the way back,” Connie declared.
However, with only false signs to guide her, the path proved most confusing.
Coming to a fork, Connie could not be certain which way to turn. Veve and Eileen were for going in one direction, while Sunny was equally sure that the other way was right.
“Let’s keep to the left,” Connie urged. “The sun will be to our backs then.”
Veve demanded to know what that might have to do with the matter.