“Sure—that bunch! I think up things and then they say they’re no good. I shot a woodchuck with a bow and arrow and still they wouldn’t give me the archery badge. Can you beat that? Ain’t that archery? I’ll leave it to this other fellow.”
“That’s archery,” said Brent.
“But there’s a regular way to win the archery badge,” said Tom. “Do you know the history of archery?”
“Naah, what good is history?”
“Yes, but you’re supposed to know something about it to get the badge,” said Tom.
“Didn’t I shoot the woodchuck; ain’t that enough? Actions count, don’t they?”
“Yes, but maybe you’re not supposed to shoot woodchucks; see?”
“Are you hunters?”
“Well, in a way we are,” Tom laughed.
“Didn’t I make a semaphore signal across the lake? Didn’t I make bugle calls—signals?”