“Be thankful I didn’t lead you onto an airship,” I said; “we’re going to Alsen, it’s a very nice place, houses and everything. Follow your leader wherever he goes.”
“We’re supposed to be headed for camp,” the kid said.
“We’re on our way there,” I told him. “We’re going west in a southerly direction.”
“Alsen is only about three miles,” Bert said.
“How do we know the engineer will see it when he gets there?” Garry wanted to know.
“Maybe he has a magnifying glass,” I said. “I hope there are some things in Alsen.”
“What kind of things?” Pee-wee wanted to know.
“Things to do,” I told him.
“Where are we going to end?” he shouted.
“We’re not going to end,” I said.