“I guess they are,” agreed John. “How do they know so much about us though? I don’t see how they knew there were four of us.”
“Probably they’ve seen us around,” suggested Grant. “That part of it is easy enough.”
“Well, what do you think of the challenge?” demanded Fred.
“I say we accept it,” exclaimed George eagerly.
“Of course we will,” said Grant. “I think it will be great sport.”
“They may be a good deal older and bigger than we are,” suggested Fred. “If they are we’ll sort of be outclassed.”
“I don’t believe they are,” said Grant. “At any rate I don’t think we’ll be outclassed.”
“We’ll give them a good rub anyway,” exclaimed George. “What sort of sailing and swimming and canoe races do you suppose they mean?”
“They had a catboat like the Balsam,” said John. “Don’t you remember seeing it down by their tent? We’ll use the catboats for the sailing race.”
“A relay swimming race would be a good stunt,” suggested Fred. “In that way we could all be in it.”