“Oh don’t you just long to see him?” they all asked each other.
| [1] | Pioneer scout; a lone scout; one without troop or patrol affiliations. |
CHAPTER IV—HE ADVANCES
Pee-wee started for North Deadham in full scout regalia, carrying a duffel bag instead of a suitcase, wishing to detach himself as much as possible from the manners and customs of civilization. A new feature of his motley array was a can-opener dangling from his belt, intended to suggest the rugged scout’s dependence on his own culinary art in the dense wilderness. It was rather suggestive of Heinz 57 varieties.
On the train he made some memorandums in his scout report book looking to the future government of his new patrol. The following is a sample.
If any hop-toad can’t learn the pace he has to have his legs tied together for an hour.
Every feller that gets a new hop-toad gets a piece of chocolate but he has to give it to his patrol leader for the treasury.
If a hop-toad can’t croak like a frog he has to be turned over on his back and somebody sit on him till he croaks.
A hop-toad has to be given to the tom-cats if he can’t learn because the tom-cats want more because they only have six.