I didn’t know what he was hunting for, all I knew was he was groping around for something.
I guess he didn’t know himself what he was groping for. He knew the girls were watching him, and he liked himself a lot on account of being such a hero with his resources. That’s his favorite outdoor sport, being a hero in front of girls.
“What are you going to do now?” I asked him.
But he didn’t pay any attention only kept groping until his hand hit on something he thought might do. I couldn’t see exactly what it was, it looked kind of shiny. Anyway he marched boldly up to the nest and stood on tiptoes and pushed the thing into the hole so it stuck there. “Now they’re all in and none of them can get out,” he said; “they’re sealed in. You can come back now, you needn’t be scared because I fixed it.”
CHAPTER XIV
HANDS OFF
“Come on back, you don’t have to be scared any more,” the kid shouted.
“Some hero,” I said.
“He’s a regular women and children first scout,” Hervey said.
“Oh, they come before that with him,” said Warde.
“He charmed them with fire,” Brent said.