184 Trails to Woods and Waters 



for it seemed to me that Ben could make a 

 story of almost anything that crawled, crept, 

 ran, or flew. 



" Well, Harry," he replied, " most of it I 

 picked up. I have always kept my eyes open, 

 which is a very necessary thing to do if one 

 wants to see all that is going on in God's busy 

 world. I see things and then I think about 

 them, that is necessary too. If a man or a 

 boy will do this he can have a first-rate time 

 even in his own back door-yard." 



