"I's hungry!" he said.

"So'm I!" cried Ted and Jan together.

"Shall we have good things to eat on Uncle Frank's ranch?" asked
Teddy, as they made ready to walk ahead to the dining-car.

"Of course!" his mother laughed. "Why are you worrying about that?"

"Oh, I just wanted to know," Teddy answered. "We had so many good
things at Cherry Farm and when we were camping with grandpa that I
want some out on the ranch."

"Well, I think we can trust to Uncle Frank," said Mr. Martin. "But
if you get too hungry, Teddy, you can go out and lasso a beefsteak or
catch a bear or deer and have him for breakfast."

"Is there bears out there, too?" asked Janet in a good deal of
excitement. "Bears and Indians?"

"Well, there may be a few bears here and there," her father said
with a smile, "but they won't hurt you if you don't hurt them. Now
we'll go and see what they have for supper here."

To the dining-car they went, and as they passed through one of the
coaches on their way Teddy and Janet heard a woman say to her little
girl:

"Look at those Curlytops, Ethel. Don't you wish you could have some