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EXPLANATION NIGHT 



Tlie Brotlierliood of Beasts 



N afternoon spent in what they called 

 hunting — shooting at the targets 

 in the long pasture — had given 

 them wonderful appetites for 

 supper, or probably Dodo would 

 Ji^ have noticed that she had scorched 

 ^ \ \ the cream toast a little, and that 

 \\ there were lumps in the cocoa; 

 J/^K ^^^t Olive's omelet, Avith its 

 seasoning of herbs, was as 

 delicious as an omelet can only be Avhen eaten directly 

 from the fire. 



Camp Saturday was fairly opened, the first supper 

 eaten, the dishes all Avashed and put away, and the 

 spider and kettles hung on their nails behind the chim- 

 ney. The boys did the dish-washing and fed the fire, 

 as division of labor is one of the first rules of camp 

 living. 



'^ I wonder how long it will be before I can hit the 

 Deer when it is moving ? " said Nat, who was looking 

 into the fire and thinking of the afternoon's sport. 

 '' Not before spring," said Dodo, positively ; " for you 



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