“And let’s keep a sharp lookout before we go!” Kak added.
CHAPTER IX
Missing
“Come here! Come here, Noashak! It is better that you stay here.”
Guninana stood at the tent door. Her face, as always now, wore a shadow of anxiety. She called, but Noashak would not mind.
The child ran a little way to where her brother sat and creeping up behind threw herself on him, clapping both her hands over his eyes so that he could not see.
“Get off!”
Kak was busy making arrows. He had determined to have an extra good supply for their northern trip across the prairie. “So I can shoot at every bird and beast I see,” the boy proclaimed, adding in his heart, “and maybe kill a grizzly bear.” He sat cross-legged on a mossy stone, and at the moment his sister jumped on his back he was measuring an arrow from his chin to his middle finger tip. Noashak’s sudden impact drove the sharp end into his flesh. Kak turned on her angrily.
“Why can’t you keep off me, kid! How is a fellow ever going to get ready for a journey with you bothering ’round?”
“I want you to come and play.”
“Play! Can’t you see I’m busy—this is important work!”