"He's outside somewhere in the woods," was the answer. "I'll find him
and tell him you're here. I'll send the cook over to see if he can get
you anything to eat. Are you hungry?" he asked the children.
"I am!" admitted Bert.
"And so am I!"
"And I!" echoed Flossie and Freddie.
"Well, that's the way to be!" said Mr. Hallock. "Children wouldn't be
children unless they were hungry. We've got plenty to eat here, such
as it is. Not much pie and cake, perhaps, but other things."
"We don't want pie and cake when we're camping in the woods," declared
Bert. "We didn't have it at Blueberry Island--that is, not every day."
"All right! I guess you'll get along!" laughed the driver, as he went
off through the trees to find the cook and some of the men of the
lumber camp.
Mr. and Mrs. Bobbsey were looking about the log cabin that was to be
their home for about a week, and the children were playing about
outside, watching some squirrels and chipmunks that were frisking
about in the trees, when a voice called:
"Well, I see you got here all right!"
Mr.
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