CHAPTER XVIII
MORE FINDS
“Look!” exclaimed Lucy as they neared the camp. “Mr. Smith is flying this morning. I wonder who is with him. He hasn’t taken me yet but he promised to today. Please don’t tell mother. She would be terribly alarmed at the prospect.”
“Oh, there’s my bird!” and Tom Tit dropped his hoe and the basket of chickens he was carrying and clasped his hands in an ecstasy of delight. “See, see, how it floats! I have found it again! I have found it again!”
“Tom Tit, would you like to fly with that great bird?” asked Lucy gently.
“Fly? Oh, I always dream I can fly! Can I really fly?”
“Yes, Tom Tit, if you want to I will give you my place. The birdman promised to take me today and I will get him to take you instead.”
Tom Tit looked wonderingly and trustingly at Lucy. Mr. McRae smiled his approval.
“It will be an experience my boy will remember all his life.”