"
"I've been--I've been--I--you're crazy," shouted Pee-wee, fairly
bursting with indignation. "I--I've been lost in the woods more times
than you have."
"Scouts don't get lost," said Peter.
"They get lost so they can find their way," Pee-wee yelled. "That shows
how much you know. If scouts didn't get lost how could scouts rescue
them? You _have_ to get lost. The same as you have to get nearly
drowned. Do you want me to start a fire without a match? That'll show
you I'm a scout--only I'd have to have a certain kind of a stone. I
can--I can eat a potato from a stick without it going round; that'll
prove it. Have you got a roasted potato?"
"No, and I wouldn't give one to a feller that steals automobiles
either," said Peter. "I got a signal and I stopped you."
"I know all about signalling and you didn't get one either," Pee-wee
shouted in desperation; "I know all about everything about scouting. I
know--I know--I can prove I can drink out of a spring without the water
going up my nose, so that's a test.
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