“I hope Clover wins,” Vevi declared. “Just think of winning ten dollars for the Brownies!”
“You haven’t won it yet,” Jane reminded her. “What time is the race?”
“Two o’clock.”
“How can you enter Clover in the race if the Brownies are going for a ride in Mrs. Allison’s boat?”
“Oh, we’ll be back in plenty of time,” Vevi said. “The boat ride is at seven.”
The Brownies’ vacation at Silver Beach fast was drawing to a close. Everyone hated to leave, even Mrs. Williams and Miss Gordon. Vevi especially, had a million things she wanted to do. And one in particular.
Ever since the little girl had been told that giant turtles sometimes came up on the beach at night to lay their eggs, she had wanted to view the strange sight.
Starfish Cottage was only a few steps from the beach, so close that Vevi could hear the roar of the surf. Often at night she would lie awake in her bed, listening to the pounding of each wave on the sand. Several times, when she was not too sleepy, she looked out the bedroom window. But she never had seen even one of the huge turtles.
Now Vevi knew that if ever the big loggerheads came out of the sea it would be on a moonlight night. On this particular evening the moon would rise early. It would be a full one too, for she had heard Mrs. Williams tell Sunny so.
As the afternoon wore on, Vevi became more and more quiet, thinking over her plans.