"We'd have some excitement for a little while, anyway."
When they had walked a little farther into the woods Roy stopped again,
and, pointing before him, called out: "We have found just the place,
people--it's Arcadia itself."
They crowded about him, gazing in the direction he had pointed out. It
was a wonderful island, this--where you were always stumbling into some
little glade or woodland bower made especially for you. Surely this tiny
garden spot of nature was even more alluring than the famous fishing
pool, and the girls pushed forward eagerly.
"That big flat stone over there will be just the very thing to spread
the eatables out on," said Grace, "and I guess we can all manage to get
around it, too."
"Of course we can," said Mollie enthusiastically. "It's exactly the
right height. Oh, every thing is perfect!"
"If you girls will only stop raving long enough to get us something to
eat," said Will plaintively, "you'll be doing some good in the world.
Gee, but I'm hungry!"
"Poor boy," said Betty, with ready sympathy, "I know just exactly how
you feel, because I'm nearly dead myself.
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